Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,899,922,910 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Entropy
(redirected from entropically)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
Entropy
The level of disorder in a system.
Entropy
Disorder in any system. It is the opposite of efficiency.
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Financial browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
They observed that an increase of surfactant packing density on clay surfaces weakens the polymer clay interactions making the intercalation process entropically unfavorable.
Morphological, thermal, and mechanical characteristics of ... by Marras, S.I.; Tsimpliaraki, A.; Zuburtikudis, I.; Panayiotou, C. / Polymer Engineering and Science
An entropically favorable displacement of multiple substrate-bound water molecules should accompany these docking events.
Synthesis of polymerizable cyclodextrin derivatives for use in ... by Bowen, Rafael L.; Carey, Clifton M.; Flynn, Kathleen M.; Guttman, Charles M. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Smithson (unlike Eliasson, who has noted the degradation that development is bringing to Iceland's wilds) would have been delighted to see them, just as he would have reveled in the slowmotion movement of this glacial wasteland: monumental glue pours, the world ending entropically in ice.
Olafur Eliasson; San Francisco museum of Modern Art and museum of ... by Wagner, Anne M. / Artforum International
 
 
 
Financial Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.