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enthalpy.noun,.plural.enthalpies.symbol
H
a thermodynamic
function of a system, equivalent
to the sum of the internal energy of the system plus the product of its
volume multiplied by the pressure exerted on it by its surroundings; a
thermodynamic accounting function, used to simplify energy calculations
enthusiasm.noun
the word comes from the Greek word enthousiasmos,
which ultimately comes from the adjective entheos, 'having the god
within', formed from en-, 'in', within,” and theos, 'god',
and 'great interest in the inner forces of one's nature', and today, it
also means 'God active in you'; the word applies to lively or eager interest
in a proposal, cause, or activity; strong excitement of feeling; something
inspiring zeal or fervor
synonym.passion
enthusiastic.adjective
having or demonstrating enthusiasm
enthusiastically.adverb
enthuse, enthused,
enthusing,
enthuses.verbs
transitive
verb use.to cause to become enthusiastic
intransitive
verb use.to show or express enthusiasm
entity.noun,.plural.entities.
anything real
in itself having individual existence in reality, or in the mind; the fact
of existence; something that exists as a particular
and discrete
unit (persons and corporations are equivalent entities under the law);
being; a person; a ghost; the existence of something considered apart from
its properties
entomology.noun
the scientific study of insects
entomologic-or-entomological.adjective
entomologically.adverb
entomologist.noun
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
1803-1882.
American writer, philosopher and central figure of American transcendentalism.
His poems, orations and especially his essays, such as.Nature.(1836),
are regarded as landmarks in the development of American thought and literary
expression.
Transcendentalism is a 19th
century school that looked to individual intuition, rather than
scientific.rationalism,
as the highest source of knowledge. In.Self-Reliance.(1841),
one of Emerson's most important works, he expressed his optimistic faith
in the power of individual achievement and originality. He also considered
the overarching need to discover and develop a relationship with nature
and with God..Microsoft®
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exempt,
exempted,
exempting,
exempts.transitive
verbs
to free from an obligation,
a duty, or a liability to which
others are subject (exempting the disabled from military service)
exempt.adjective
freed from an obligation, a duty, or a liability
to which others are subject; excused (persons exempt from jury duty; income
exempt from calculation; a beauty somehow exempt from the aging process)
exempt.noun
one who is exempted from an obligation, a duty,
or a liability (he's exempt)
exemptible.adjective
entrance.transitive
verb
inflected
form(s).entranced,
entrancing
to carry away with delight, wonder, or rapture;
charming;
to put into a trance
entrancement.noun
entrench,
entrenched,
entrenching,
entrenches.transitive
and.intransitive
verbs
transitive verb sense.to
provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending;
to fix firmly or securely (arguments that only entrench you more firmly
in error)
intransitive verb sense.to
dig or occupy a trench; to encroach, infringe, or trespass
entrenchment.noun
entropy.noun,.plural.entropies
entropic.adjective
entropically.adverb
inevitable
and steady deterioration of a system or society;
opposite of energy; entropy is simply, disorder
or, a parameter
representing the state of disorder of a system at the atomic, ionic or
molecule
level.
It is a measurement of a thermodynamic
state function.
It can be thought of as how close
a system is to
equilibrium.
It is a measure of the unavailability
of a system's energy to do work.
Entropy is also a measurement of
decreasing organization occurring in a unit.
Maximum entropy equals no power left
for change.
The greater the disorder, the greater
the entropy. Fast-moving disordered molecules
of water vapor especially have higher
entropy than those of more ordered liquid water, which has greater entropy
than solid water. The 2nd law of thermodynamics can be phrased in terms
of entropy.
The quantity (how much entropy is
there?) of entropy is significant because the 2nd law of thermodynamics
can be phrased in terms of it; thus,
the entropy of an isolated system never decreases (inevitably,
things run down), but rather, increases with time; and its corollary
– in a closed system (no input) undergoing change (naturally running down),
entropy is a measure of the amount of energy unavailable to do work, and
in this closed system, the amount of energy to do work is always decreasing.
It's just the way the Universe is
set up to function as it does. This places
severe-constraints
on the processes that God allows to occur; for example, a hot plate or
battery in a flashlight both lose energy, if say, they are placed in a
cool area; the battery losing chemically generated electrical potential.
As the Gaia theory shows, the Earth is a closed habitable
system for man (no new energy is being created), and is
unique
in the Universe we understand today. Yet the Earth is amenable
to variations influenced by the solar system within which it resides; influences
which maintain balance within the cosmos.
Humans are decaying, but this is
staved
off by nutrition and sleep, exercise, positive attitude, etc. Oceans
are 'decaying'. The entire
corporeal
world is decaying and just like our stomachs where the acids dissolve the
lining, the lining is being replaced. All in perfect balance.
Processes that increase the thermodynamic
entropy of isolated systems also increase their disorder, spreading out
their energy over a larger volume or number of particles.
An example is your car. Left alone, it won't wear out, but will continue
decaying, turning eventually into particles of rust. Another is your body.
Many foods just fill, taking away hunger, yet provide inadequate nutrition.
In some cases, we have ingested
poisons in small quantities hindering
the body's
pH balance and cellular
processes. Continued use and the entire process of entropy at molecular
level and even at smaller levels, increases.
At absolute zero, where all molecular
motion ceases (allegedly),
order has been assumed
to be complete and entropy is zero.
encroach,
encroached,
encroaching,
encroaches.intransitive
verbs
to take another's possessions or rights gradually
or stealthily.(governments
encroaching upon a human being's natural rights under God as exemplified
by the golden rule); to advance beyond proper or former limits (desert
encroaching upon grassland; federal rights encroaching upon state rights);
to take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily-(encroach
on a neighbor's land)
encroacher, encroachment.nouns
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