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Entropy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Entropy? [n] (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" [n] (thermodynamics) a measure of the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing work; entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity Synonyms \| Synonyms for Entropy: information \| selective information Related Terms \| Find terms related to Entropy: abeyance \| aloofness \| amorphia \| amorphism \| amorphousness \| anarchy \| apathy \| bit \| blurriness \| catalepsy \| catatonia \| channel \| chaos \| communication explosion \| communication theory \| confusion \| data retrieval \| data storage \| deadliness \| deathliness \| decoding \| derangement \| diffusion \| disarrangement \| disarray \| disarticulation \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcertedness \| discontinuity \| discreteness \| disharmony \| dishevelment \| disintegration \| disjunction \| dislocation \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disproportion \| disruption \| dissolution \| disturbance \| dormancy \| EDP \| electronic data processing \| encoding \| formlessness \| fuzziness \| haphazardness \| haziness \| incoherence \| inconsistency \| indecisiveness \| indefiniteness \| indeterminateness \| indifference \| indiscriminateness \| indolence \| inertia \| inertness \| information explosion \| information theory \| inharmonious harmony \| irregularity \| languor \| latency \| lotus-eating \| messiness \| mistiness \| most admired disorder \| noise \| nonadhesion \| noncohesion \| nonsymmetry \| nonuniformity \| obscurity \| orderlessness \| passiveness \| passivity \| perturbation \| promiscuity \| promiscuousness \| randomness \| redundancy \| scattering \| separateness \| shapelessness \| signal \| stagnancy \| stagnation \| stasis \| suspense \| torpor \| turbulence \| unadherence \| unadhesiveness \| unclearness \| unsymmetry \| untenacity \| ununiformity \| upset \| vagueness \| vegetation \| vis inertiae See Also \| conformational entropy \| information measure \| physical phenomenon Entropy In Webster's Dictionary \En"tro*py\, n. [Gr. ? a turning in; ? in + ? a turn, fr. ? to turn.] (Thermodynamics) A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h ? t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function. The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum. --Clausius. H(M) = -log2 p(M)

Entropy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Entropy?

[n] (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"
[n] (thermodynamics) a measure of the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing work; entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Entropy: information | selective information

See Also | conformational entropy | information measure | physical phenomenon

Entropy In Webster's Dictionary

\En"tro*py\, n. [Gr. ? a turning in; ? in + ? a turn,
fr. ? to turn.] (Thermodynamics)
A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable
quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat
the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves
the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small
amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t
in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is
increased by h ? t. The entropy is regarded as measured from
some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the
thermodynamic function.

      The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum.
                                               --Clausius.


H(M) = -log2 p(M)

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