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		andbberger on June 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Controversy continues over whether hot water freez... no, temperature is simply average kinetic energy and is always defined, even for systems far from equilibrium

eternauta3k on June 30, 2022 [–]

The point is that the state of the system consists of more than its average temperature. It's not just "catching up" to the state of the initially-cold water, it's going through other configurations.

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