Definition that contains ropy
- philanthropic of or relating to or characterized by philanthropy
- wheatgrass a grass of the genus Agropyron
- polypropylene a polymer of propylene used as a thermoplastic molding material
- campylotropous ovule a curved ovule with the micropyle almost touching the funiculus
- maxwell's demon an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics
- orthotropous (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex
- second law of thermodynamics a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous process results in an increase of entropy
- campylotropous (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk
- conformational entropy entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone
- micropylar of or relating to a micropyle