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## The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to [[temperature]] [http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055]. |
## The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to [[temperature]] [http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055]. |
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## The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature. [http://www.entropysite.com/students_approach.html] |
## The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature. [http://www.entropysite.com/students_approach.html] |
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# {{context|statistics|information theory|countable}} A [[measure]] of the [[amount]] of [[information]] and [[noise]] [[present]] in a [[signal]]. |
# {{context|statistics|information theory|countable}} A [[measure]] of the [[amount]] of [[information]] and [[noise]] [[present]] in a [[signal]]. Originally a tongue in cheek coinage, has fallen into disuse to avoid confusion with thermodynamic entropy. |
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# {{uncountable}} The [[tendency]] of a system that is left to itself to descend into [[chaos]]. |
# {{uncountable}} The [[tendency]] of a system that is left to itself to descend into [[chaos]]. |
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Revision as of 21:47, 16 February 2011
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology
First attested in 1868. From German (deprecated template usage) Entropie, coined in 1865 by Rudolph Clausius, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) ἐντροπία (entropía) < (deprecated template usage) ἐν (en) + (deprecated template usage) τροπή (tropḗ).
Noun
entropy (plural entrop or ies or -)
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- strictly thermodynamic entropy. A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do mechanical work.
- A measure of the disorder present in a system.
- The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature [1].
- The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature. [2]
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "statistics" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal. Originally a tongue in cheek coinage, has fallen into disuse to avoid confusion with thermodynamic entropy.
- Template:uncountable The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
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term in thermodynamics
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measure of the amount of information in a signal
tendency of a system to descend into chaos
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External links
- “entropy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “entropy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “entropy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.