An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Prevost's law of exchanges qânun-e gahuleš-e Prévost Fr.: loi des échanges de Prévost A statement concerned with thermodynamic heat exchange, according to which bodies in → thermal equilibrium are simultaneously absorbing and emitting radiant energy. A body radiates in the same way whether other bodies are present or not. Also called Prevost's theory of exchanges. Named after Pierre Prévost (1751-1839), a Swiss philosopher and physicist, who, in 1791, put forward the statement; → law; → exchange. |
