Maxwell's demon

短语

n. 麦克斯韦精灵 [网络] 麦克斯韦妖；麦斯威尔小妖；马克斯威尔恶魔

词形变化

Maxwell's demons 复数 Maxwell's demons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hypothetical creature in a thought experiment. Maxwell’s demon, if it existed, would act as a sort of gate guard by sorting between higher-energy molecules and lower-energy molecules within an enclosed space. Because such a sorting process would tend to decrease entropy, it would violate the second law of thermodynamics.

    麦克斯韦妖

词源

Named after physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) and demon, and probably from Greek daemon, a mythological being intermediate between gods and men.

来源：wiktionary