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Every portion of matter, the study of whose properties, interaction with other bodies, and evolution is undertaken from a thermodynamical point of view, is called a system. Once a system is defined, all the material environment with which it may eventually interact is called its surroundings.
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Iribarne, J.V., Godson, W.L. (1973). Review of Basic Concepts and Systems of Units. In: Atmospheric Thermodynamics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0815-9_1
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