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Definitions of ropy
  1. adjective
    (British informal) very poor in quality

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  2. adjective
    forming viscous or glutinous threads

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  3. adjective
    of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

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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
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