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   En·tro·py

   /ˈentrəpē/

   

   noun

   • 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: "the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time"
   • 2. lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder: "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.

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from en-2 ‘inside’ + Greek tropē ‘transformation’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. entropic adjective
   • 2. entropically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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