anentropy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Here, R is rank formula of composition – a sequence of components by reduction of their value (contents); Н is Shannon information entropy – complexity measure; А – anentropy – measure of purity; Т – tolerance – measure of ultrapurity."
- "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."
- "It is anentropy in the midst of entropy. Therefore, regarding life as defined the concept of homeostasis is only applicable in a relative sense."
- "Science has the happy distinction of finding a balance between entropy and anentropy: between the need to conserve order with progress."
Etymology
From an- + entropy.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: an