Maxwell'sdemon

Maxwell'sdemon
Max·well's demon (măksʹwĕlz', -wəlz) n.
An imaginary creature who is able to sort hot molecules from cold molecules without expending energy, thus bringing about a general decrease in entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics.
  [After Maxwell, James Clerk.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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