S
- noun
- /ɛs/
- Specialized
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- The standard symbol for entropy is S S is entropy.
Examples
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The steepest portion of the S-curve occurs at the time (tin) of transition from invasion to consolidation.
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This expression contains (S + N) / N rather than S / N because the information should vanish when S = 0.
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However, when we look at the change in S value for toluene, a very different picture appears.
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The idea of the S-value test is to calculate change S values at various levels, including the level one wants to use as the high level, for a test set comprising a number of the smaller compounds.
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The S-curve is a natural phenomenon, not the mathematical expression of a particular S-shaped curve.
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(iii) The time S + tau at which the pressure constraint becomes effective is physically determined.
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The prevalence of S-curve phenomena in nature rivals that of tree-shaped flows, which also unite the animate, inanimate, and human realms.
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A Dictyostelium cell has about 70,000 cAR1 proteins, each of which acts as an independent two-state system, either bound (denoted by S = 1) or unbound (S = 0) to the chemical to be detected.
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The total entropy in a system is represented by the symbol S.
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In thermodynamics, the symbol S denotes the amount of entropy.
Synonyms
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A measure of how energy spreads and becomes less available for work
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
S is used for entropy, a word from Greek parts en- 'in' and trope 'turn' that shows how energy moves inside a system. So higher S means energy is more 'spread out' and less able to do work.