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subextensive

subextensive adjective: having a combined system entropy that is less than the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Adjective

subextensive (not comparable)

  1. Having a combined system entropy that is less than the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
    • According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t < 1 and subextensive for t > 1.2000, Roman Teisseyre, Eugeniusz Majewski, Earthquake Thermodynamics and Phase Transformation in the Earth's Interior, →ISBN
  2. Less than extensive.
    • Though the subextensive panhysterectomy might be sufficient for the early and small regions, the extensive panhysterectomy is generally performed on the invasive cancer.1977, Iryo - Volume 31, Issue 1, page 6
  3. Indicative of but not fully implying.
    • 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.2006, Dale Jacquette, Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism, →ISBN

Origin of subextensive

From sub- + extensive.

Questions about subextensive

What does subextensive mean?
Subextensive means having a combined system entropy that is less than the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
What part of speech is subextensive?
Subextensive is an adjective.

Words near subextensive in the dictionary

  1. subexponentiality
  2. subexponentially
  3. subexpressed
  4. subexpression
  5. subexpressions
  6. subextensive
  7. subextremal
  8. subf.
  9. subfab
  10. subfabs
  11. subface

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