zeroth law of thermodynamics

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   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

   Broaderlaw of thermodynamics

Questions about zeroth law of thermodynamics

What does zeroth law of thermodynamics mean?

zeroth law of thermodynamics means "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".

Is zeroth law of thermodynamics a common word?

zeroth law of thermodynamics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.