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Synonyms for entropy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : en-truh-pee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛn trə pi

Définition of entropy

Origin :
  • 1868, from German Entropie "measure of the disorder of a system," coined 1865 (on analogy of Energie) by German physicist Rudolph Clausius (1822-1888) from Greek entropia "a turning toward," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + trope "a turning" (see trope). Related: Entropic.
  • noun deterioration
Example sentences :
  • It is an entropy of history itself, slowly decaying into chaotic repetition.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Fully illustrated and containing eighteen tables, including an entropy chart.
  • Extract from : « Aviation Engines » by Victor Wilfred Pag
  • Anyone who prophesies doom has a hundred per cent chance of ultimately being right, if only because of entropy.
  • Extract from : « Once a Greech » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • The entropy shift must be just right or we'll find ourselves with Hitle and his gang.
  • Extract from : « Cube Root of Conquest » by Roger Phillips Graham
  • Entropy, en′trop-i, n. a term in physics signifying 'the available energy.'
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • The summation is defined as the increase in entropy between the initial and the final states.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • When divided by that temperature the quotient gives the increase of entropy.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 » by Various
  • All organic life and movement must cease when this maximum of entropy has been reached.
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The reader is therefore warned that the proper way to say it is, "the entropy of the universe tends to a maximum."
  • Extract from : « Major Prophets of To-Day » by Edwin E. Slosson
  • But this neglected element of the reckoning, or Entropy as it is styled, leads scientific men to an entirely different estimate.
  • Extract from : « The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer » by John Gerard

Antonyms for entropy

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