spontaneous
adjective
coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned.
nonspontaneous
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a word derived from
spontaneous.
Example Sentences
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A nonspontaneous process, on the other hand, will not take place unless it is “driven” by the continual input of energy from an external source.
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Do the results indicate the reaction to be spontaneous or nonspontaneous at 25 °C?
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A process that is spontaneous in one direction under a particular set of conditions is nonspontaneous in the reverse direction.
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Results of the calculations in Example 17.4 have just shown the spontaneous process is described by a positive cell potential while the nonspontaneous process exhibits a negative cell potential.
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Such a process is spontaneous at high temperatures and nonspontaneous at low temperatures.
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