Word: Entropy
How to pronounce: ˈentrəpɪ
Noun
Definitions:
1. 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.
Example sentences: "The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time"
2. Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
Example sentences: "A marketplace where entropy reigns supreme"
3. (in information theory) a logarithmic measure of the rate of transfer of information in a particular message or language.
Example sentences: "These functions range from simple bookkeeping tasks to serious number-crunching algorithms such as deconvolution, maximum entropy, Fourier transforms and more."
Synonyms:
entropic
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German: Entropie
French: Entropie
Italian: Entropia
Turkish: Entropi
