ascendency meaning
ENWAscendency
- Ascendency is a quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network. Ascendency is derived using mathematical tools from information theory.
- One way of depicting ascendency is to regard it as “organized power”, because the index represents the magnitude of the power that is flowing within the system towards particular ends, as distinct from power that is dissipated willy-nilly.
- In mathematical terms,
- Originally, it was thought that ecosystems increase uniformly in ascendency as they developed, but subsequent empirical observation has suggested that all sustainable ecosystems are confined to a narrow “window of vitality” (Ulanowicz 2002).
- NounPLascendenciesSUF-ency
Definition of ascendency in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ascendency" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.