Meanings
- not comparablenatural sciencesHaving 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 - not comparablemedicineLess 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 - not comparablehuman sciencesIndicative 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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