entropic
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- adjective
- /ɛnˈtrɒpɪk/
- Specialized
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entropico
- If they're in a box, it's entropic and it's heat death.
- entropic effect
So here we are with an entropic arrow of time.
- So here we are with an entropic arrow of time.
- And in terms of, you know, the start, stop the boundaries, that entropic action sort of spreads out the system.
- So what we find from our entropic and enthalpic comfort calculations is that enthalpy drives the salvation of these molecules, not entropy.
- Each day adds up to something, but these entropic sites add up to nothing, right?
- But she had an entropic pregnancy, which means that the, I think there's a very, you know, non medical way of describing because I don't have a clue.
Examples
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We are not used to dealing with entropic power sources in contrast to our current philosophy of instant power.
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So here we are with an entropic arrow of time.
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Each day adds up to something, but these entropic sites add up to nothing, right?
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Even the simple act of taking a step would be impossible without the intrusion of an entropic effect.
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In Shuttle Mode, NASA's efforts are random and entropic.
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So chelates are unusually stable due to entropic effects.
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Now this is true, OK, And so the folding of proteins has been linked to a favourable entropic process.
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But as the example with Fred Hoyt's carbon resonance illustrates, entropic arguments can be useful.
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Dubai is an artificial counter-entropic experiment that exists solely to service globalization, an already failed experiment.
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The untamed wilderness is often described as an entropic space where chaos reigns over order.
Synonyms
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A system where small changes cause very different results that are hard to predict
Antonyms
How Disorderly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Entropic comes from entropy, which uses the Greek parts en- meaning 'in' and trop- meaning 'turn'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture things 'turning' into disorder, so something entropic becomes more random or messy over time, like a tidy room slowly getting untidy.