Etymology

isoentropic

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Today it means: Describing a series of reactions in which each step has the same entropy of activation Full definition →

English entropic ← Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
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  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Englishentropic
  4. English todayisoentropic

From iso- + entropic.

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