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entropy


 
  Grep  of  noun  entropy 
  conformational  entropy 
  entropy 
 
  Overview  of  noun  entropy 
 
  The  noun  entropy  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  entropy  --  ((thermodynamics)  a  measure  of  the  amount  of  energy  in  a  system  that  is  available  for  doing  work  entropy  increases  as  matter  and  energy  in  the  universe  degrade  to  an  ultimate  state  of  inert  uniformity) 
  2.  information,  selective  information,  entropy  --  ((communication  theory)  a  numerical  measure  of  the  uncertainty  of  an  outcome;  "the  signal  contained  thousands  of  bits  of  information") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  entropy 
 
  The  noun  entropy  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  entropy  --  ((thermodynamics)  a  measure  of  the  amount  of  energy  in  a  system  that  is  available  for  doing  work  entropy  increases  as  matter  and  energy  in  the  universe  degrade  to  an  ultimate  state  of  inert  uniformity) 
  2.  information,  selective  information,  entropy  --  ((communication  theory)  a  numerical  measure  of  the  uncertainty  of  an  outcome;  "the  signal  contained  thousands  of  bits  of  information") 



entropy definition