en·tro·py ˈentrəpē/ noun noun: entropy; plural noun: - TopicsExpress



          

en·tro·py ˈentrəpē/ noun noun: entropy; plural noun: entropies; symbol: S 1. Physics a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a systems thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system. 2. lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder. a marketplace where entropy reigns supreme synonyms: deterioration, degeneration, crumbling, decline, degradation, decomposition, breaking down, collapse; More disorder, chaos life is a struggle against entropy 3. (in information theory) a logarithmic measure of the rate of transfer of information in a particular message or language.
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