entropy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɛntɹəpi/
Etymology
First attested in 1867, as the translation of German Entropie, coined in 1865 by Rudolph Clausius in analogy to Energie (“energy”), replacing the root of Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) by Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ, “transformation”)).
Meanings
- (countable, qualifier:Boltzmann definition, uncountable) A measure of the disorder present in a system. ▸ A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
- (countable, uncountable) A measure of the disorder present in a system. ▸ Shannon entropy
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(countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
Near-synonym: unavailable energy
- (countable, uncountable) The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
- (countable, uncountable) The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature.
- (countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
- (uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| entropies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
free entropy · exergy · aggregation · syntropy · negentropy
Deriveds
anentropy · entropic · algorithmic entropy · disentropy · entropylike · joint entropy · correntropy · min-entropy · Shannon entropy · entropyless · entropology · subentropy · entropized · hyperentropy · Tsallis entropy · Rényi entropy · information entropy · negentropy · high-entropy alloy · extropy · von Neumann entropy · conditional entropy
Relateds
Synonyms
unavailable energy · bound entropy · disgregation · anergy
Translations (65)
fa آنتروپی (term in thermodynamics) · bn এনট্রপি (term in thermodynamics) · km អង់ត្រូពី (term in thermodynamics) · nl entropie (term in thermodynamics) · cmn 熵 (term in thermodynamics) · ro entropie (term in thermodynamics) · es entropía (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · cmn 熵 (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · tl malikusog (term in thermodynamics) · ru энтропи́я (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · th เอนโทรปี (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · is óreiða (term in thermodynamics) · bg ентро́пия (term in thermodynamics) · th เอนโทรปี (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · cy entropi (term in thermodynamics) · cmn 熵 (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · uk ентропі́я (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · ro entropie (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · la entropia (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · pl entropia (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · la entropia (term in thermodynamics) · ko 엔트로피 (term in thermodynamics) · eo entropio (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · ro entropie (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · pl entropia (term in thermodynamics) · mi kaumingomingo (term in thermodynamics) · pl entropia (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · pt entropia (term in thermodynamics) · th เอนโทรปี (term in thermodynamics) · ru энтропи́я (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · bg ентро́пия (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · es entropía (term in thermodynamics) · fi entropia (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · fi entropia (term in thermodynamics) · ca entropia (term in thermodynamics) · cs entropie (term in thermodynamics) · da entropi (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · yue 熵 (term in thermodynamics) · mi pūngao ngoikore (term in thermodynamics) · uk ентропі́я (term in thermodynamics) · it entropia (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · fi entropia (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · ga eantrópacht (term in thermodynamics) · el εντροπία (term in thermodynamics) · de Entropie (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · pt entropia (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · ja エントロピー (term in thermodynamics) · eo entropio (term in thermodynamics) · el εντροπία (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · de Entropie (term in thermodynamics) · eu entropia (term in thermodynamics) · ja エントロピー (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · pt entropia (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · tr entropi (term in thermodynamics) · es entropía (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · it entropia (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · de Entropie (measure of the amount of information in a signal) · fr entropie (term in thermodynamics) · da entropi (term in thermodynamics) · ta சிதறம் (term in thermodynamics) · bg ентро́пия (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · el εντροπία (tendency of a system to descend into chaos) · it entropia (term in thermodynamics) · ru энтропи́я (term in thermodynamics) · oc entropia (term in thermodynamics)