subextensive

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ extensive

Adjective

subextensive (not comparable)

1. (thermodynamics) Having a combined system entropy that is less than the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
   • 2000, Roman Teisseyre, Eugeniusz Majewski, Earthquake Thermodynamics and Phase Transformation in the Earth's Interior, →ISBN:

     According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t < 1 and subextensive for t > 1.

2. (chiefly medicine) Less than extensive.
   • 1977, Iryo - Volume 31, Issue 1, page 6:

     Though the subextensive panhysterectomy might be sufficient for the early and small regions, the extensive panhysterectomy is generally performed on the invasive cancer.

3. (philosophy) Indicative of but not fully implying.
   • 2006, Dale Jacquette, Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism, →ISBN:

     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.