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Word: Entropy
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century: from en-‘inside’ + Greek tropē ‘transformation’
ˈɛntrəpi
a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system
Short Definition:thermodynamic quantity representing unavailability of system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work
Examples:- the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time
- the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process
lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder
Short Definition:lack of order or predictability
Examples:- a marketplace where entropy reigns supreme
(in information theory) a logarithmic measure of the rate of transfer of information in a particular message or language.
Short Definition:logarithmic measure of rate of transfer of information
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