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entropy

en·tro·py [ éntrəpee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. measure of disorder: a measure of the disorder that exists in a system

2. physics measure of unavailable energy: a measure of the energy in a system or process that is unavailable to do work. In a reversible thermodynamic process, entropy is expressed as the heat absorbed or emitted divided by the absolute temperature.
Symbol  S


3. communication measure of efficiency: a measure of the random errors noise occurring in the transmission of signals, and from this a measure of the efficiency of transmission systems

[Mid-19th century. < Greek en- "in" + tropē "change," after energy]

en·tro·pic [ en tróppik ] adjective
en·tro·pi·cal·ly adverb
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