Then the second derivative gives the change in entropy with respect to the variable that we're differentiating, with respect to which is either pressure or volume.

二阶导数给出熵,随着变量变化的情况，这些变量包括压强或者体积。

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In general, the second law gave us the Clausius inequality for spontaneous change.

一般来说第二定律给出了,自发变化的克劳修斯不等式。

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Sometimes second messengers collect signals from a variety of different receptor systems, translate them into one kind of internal change, and the cell then just has to know about that one thing changing.

第二信使分子能够收集,来自不同受体系统的信号,将它们转化为同一种细胞内在的变化,这样细胞就只需对一种变化作出反应

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