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Where does “correntropic” come from?

correntropic (English) comes from English correntropy, from English entropy, from German Entropie, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

correntropic (English): Relating to correntropy

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Ancestry of “correntropic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcorrentropyA nonlinear measure of the similarity between two...
2Englishentropystrictly thermodynamic entropy. A measure of the...
3GermanEntropieentropy
4Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
5Ancient Greek-ή—
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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