# dissipative system

> thermodynamically open system which is operating out of, and often far from, thermodynamic equilibrium in an environment with which it exchanges energy and matter

**Wikidata**: [Q596577](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q596577)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissipative_system)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/dissipative-system


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)