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What is a closed system?

What is a closed system? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (thermodynamics) A system that can exchange heat and work, but not matter, with its surroundings.
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The biosphere is a basically closed system in terms of matter but an open system in terms of energy.
This explains why, in a closed system, 2 gases will always mix despite the fact that no heat may be exchanged.
Such issues are not the stuff of academic painting, which operates within a closed system.
At page 4 it is pointed out that such a temperature will necessitate that the reaction is carried out in a closed system such as an autoclave.
Dembski's latest attempt to refute Darwinian theory is by arguing that in a closed system, information can only decrease.
Oxygen consumption rates were measured, after 1 hr acclimation, in a closed system using a Clark-type polarographic oxygen electrode.

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