Anentropy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A measure of the purity or chemical affinity in a thermodynamic system. countable, physical, uncountable
"Treivus has pointed out that the anentropy, apart from a constant factor (the universal gas constant) is equal to the chemical affinity for one componenent in a themodynamic system."
- 2 A measure of the simplicity or purity of a distribution. countable, uncountable
"The advantages of the RHA method are that it is flexible and can deal with all variants of phoscorites, including diopside and phlogopite-bearing varieties, as well as the continuous series through to carbonatite (Table 2.4) and other related rocks. It gives a measure of complexity of composition and of minor components in the entropy and anentropy values."
- 3 An increase in order. uncountable
"All these assume a kind of anentropy, a rising of order out of disorder, implicitly embodying a kind of anthropic intent, which Plato articulated as the soul, identified as the primal mover, the initiator of action."
Example
More examples"Treivus has pointed out that the anentropy, apart from a constant factor (the universal gas constant) is equal to the chemical affinity for one componenent in a themodynamic system."
Etymology
From an- + entropy.
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