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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">( | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Or'' state parameter, thermodynamic variable.) A term for [[pressure]], [[temperature]], and [[specific volume]]; other thermodynamic quantities that depend on these or other variables are often referred to as thermodynamic functions of state.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">In this sense, the [[equation of state]] specifies the relation among the state variables.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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state variable
(Or state parameter, thermodynamic variable.) A term for pressure, temperature, and specific volume; other thermodynamic quantities that depend on these or other variables are often referred to as thermodynamic functions of state.
In this sense, the equation of state specifies the relation among the state variables.