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working substance

noun

Definition of WORKING SUBSTANCE

:  a usually fluid substance that through changes of temperature, volume, and pressure is the means of carrying out thermodynamic processes or cycles (as in a heat engine)
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First Known Use of WORKING SUBSTANCE

1855

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