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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

thought, idea go
the content of cognition

conception, concept, construct go
an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

law, law of nature go
a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature

law of thermodynamics
(physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system

noun.cognition

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second law of thermodynamics go
a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature
third law of thermodynamics go
law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero
zeroth law of thermodynamics go
the law that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body then the first two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with each other
conservation of energy, law of conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics go
the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes