synergy
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
medicine
pharmacology
physiology
sciences
systems-theory
Etymology: From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). By surface analysis, syn- + -ergy.
Inflected forms:
form: synergies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A synonym of binding energy.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Depending on the initial condition of the system (initial alphabet and number of elements) the co-evolution of nested local and global hierarchies continues until the system reaches a maximum value of complexity. At least for nuclear systems a quantitative variable called "complexity" can be defined, which increases in an irreversible manner during stellar evolution (Winiwarter, 1983). This variable C is composed of an informational measure I describing the variety of the computed formulas and an energetic measure R describing the relative binding energy or "synergy" permitting the coherence of the system.
In short, synergy is the consequence of the energy expended in creating order. It is locked up in the viable system created, be it an organism or a social system. It is at the level of the system. It is not discernible at the level of the system. It is not discernible at the level of the system's components. Whenever the system is dismembered to examine its components, this binding energy dissipates. An ordered library offers systemic possibilities, such as rapid search, selection, and aggregation, that cannot be explained by looking at the books themselves. These possibilities only exist because of the investment made in defining and creating interrelations between the books, their physical arrangement and the catalogues.
gloss: The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the digestive synergy
gloss: The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: Others argued that the notion of a targeted war on a particular disease inevitably distracted from natural synergies with other areas of research.
Remember the eastern leg of HS2 being lopped back to the East Midlands? To this Yorkshireman, this was a tragedy. It removed the umbilical cord designed to connect and bind together the modern advanced manufacturing corridor of England (West Midlands-East Midlands-the reborn Sheffield-Leeds-Teesside-Tyneside), helping it to be capable of competing internationally through the synergy of skills and skilled people.
Synonyms: binding energy
Antonyms: antisynergy
asynergy
dysergia
dysergy
Related words: energy
monergism
monergy
synergetic
synergetical
synergetically
synergic
synergical
synergically
synergisation
synergise
synergised
synergiser
synergising
synergism
synergist
synergistic
synergistical
synergistically
synergization
synergize
synergized
synergizer
synergizing
synergous
synergously
Derived words: syndemic
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