"polytropic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polytropic.wav
Rhymes: -ɒpɪk Etymology: From polytrope, equivalent to poly- + -tropic, ultimately from Ancient Greek πολύτροπος (polútropos). Etymology templates: {{af|en|poly-|-tropic}} poly- + -tropic, {{der|en|grc|πολύτροπος}} Ancient Greek πολύτροπος (polútropos) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polytropic (not comparable)
  1. (physics) of any change in the thermodynamic properties of a gas in which its specific heat remains constant Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-polytropic-en-adj-oMlT-0fQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly-, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 7 50 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (mathematics) many-valued Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-polytropic-en-adj-m1pxl642 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 34 33 33 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (psychology) Focusing one’s attention on multiple sets of things at one time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (Translations): polytrooppinen (Finnish), polytropique (French), polytrop (German), politropico (Italian), politrópico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-polytropic-en-adj-Gkn342y8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-, English terms suffixed with -tropic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 9 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 34 33 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tropic: 32 15 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 7 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 10 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 4 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 35 10 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 12 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 11 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 9 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 8 60 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 31 5 64
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