What term is used to describe a system that loses energy to objects that are not part of the system?

An open system can exchange energy and matter with its surroundings. Since the system loses energy to objects outside it, those objects are part of the surroundings, so the system is open. A closed system does not exchange matter, though it may still exchange energy; “raised” and “low” do not describe this kind of system.

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