Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subextensive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: subex-ten-sive
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a combined system entropy that is less than the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

adj

Less than extensive.

adj

Indicative of but not fully implying.

Example Sentences

"According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t 1."
"Though the subextensive panhysterectomy might be sufficient for the early and small regions, the extensive panhysterectomy is generally performed on the invasive cancer."
"Well, it's possible to believe being a dog to be subextensive to barking, but it's also possible to believe barking to be subextensive to being a dog."

Etymology

From sub- + extensive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Questions

What does subextensive mean?: Having a combined system entropy that is less than the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Where does subextensive come from?: From sub- + extensive.

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