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counter-entropic

counter-entropic adjective: synonym of antientropic.

Adjective

counter-entropic (not generally comparable, comparative more counter-entropic, superlative most counter-entropic)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Synonym of antientropic
    • One reason the cosmos is filled with so much interesting stuff is a set of processes called self-organization, which allow circumscribed zones of order to emerge.⁵ When energy is poured into a system, and the system dissipates that energy in its slide toward entropy, it can become poised in an...2018, Steven Pinker, “Chapter 2: Entro, Evo, Info”, in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, Penguin, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    antientropic

Synonyms of counter-entropic

Forms of counter-entropic

comparativemore counter-entropic
superlativemost counter-entropic

Origin of counter-entropic

By surface analysis, counter- + entropic, or, by surface analysis, counter- + entropy + -ic.

Questions about counter-entropic

What does counter-entropic mean?
Counter-entropic means synonym of antientropic.
What part of speech is counter-entropic?
Counter-entropic is an adjective.

Words near counter-entropic in the dictionary

  1. counter-electrophoresis
  2. counter-embattled
  3. counter-embowed
  4. Counter-Enlightenment
  5. Counter-Enlightenments
  6. counter-entropic
  7. counter-ermine
  8. counter-espionage
  9. counter-evidence
  10. counter-evidences
  11. counter-finalities

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