entropicadj.
/ɛnˈtrɒpɪk/, /ɛnˈtrəʊpɪk/, U.S. /ɛnˈtrɑpɪk/ Of or relating to entropy (in various senses); characterized by or resulting from entropy. Frequently figurative.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy
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lustlessc1325
dowfa1522
unlikely1578
thowless1721
sapless1864
anergic1874
entropic1893
thewless1895
slowed-down1905
slowed-up1912
greyed-out1946
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy > for work
entropic1893
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > thermodynamics > [adjective] > relating to entropy
entropic1893
1893 Engineer 3 Feb. 100/1 There is no connection between the thermodynamic and entropic states of a single body or a system of bodies.
1930 W. H. Auden Poems 58 But taking the first steps falters, is vexed By opposite strivings for entropic peace.
1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 274 A solar spot has burst and expanded its heat into the great pool of entropic indifference.
1971 Nature 4 June 313/1 The free energies of these interactions are entropic in origin.
1980 S. Naipaul Black & White ii. iv. 182 After the initial frenzy, entropic exhaustion was bound to set in.
2014 T. Sinno in T. Nishinaga Handbk. Crystal Growth (ed. 2) iii. 140 The remaining entropic term in Eqn (3.2) then corresponds to the vibrational entropy of formation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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