The loss of energy is caused by the production of entropy.

However, there is no provision in such drives for degeneration of emergency power in the event of a fault in the generator (12).

The guide element is stiff in operation, and the behavior and the energy degradation in case of overload can be dimensioned exactly and reproducibly.

Everything that we produce transport and consume requires energy degradation in some way.

It is sometimes called the �heat death� of the Universe, since heat energy cannot always be converted back to other forms.

In 1871 he emphasized the significance and future importance of the principle of the dissipation of energy (second law of thermodynamics).

In 1871 he emphasized the significance and promise of the principle of the dissipation of energy.

Together with Phillips, Lax developed a broad theory of scattering and described the long-term behaviour of solutions (specifically, the decay of energy).