subextensive

adj — 3 senses

subextensive

adj

Etymology From sub- + extensive.

1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Thermodynamics 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

Medicine, Sciences 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

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences 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:

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