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Meaning of Entropy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɛntɹəpi

Definitions

  1. A measure of the disorder present in a system.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Shannon entropy
    countable, uncountable
  4. A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
    countable
  5. The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
    countable, uncountable
  6. 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, uncountable
  7. A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
    countable
  8. The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
    uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الانتروبيا
Čeština entropie
Dansk entropi
Deutsch Entropie
Ελληνικά εντροπία
Esperanto entropio
Español entropía
فارسی آنتروپی
Suomi entropia
Français entropie
Gaeilge eantrópacht
Íslenska óreiða
Italiano entropia
日本語 エントロピー
ខ្មែរ អង់ត្រូពី
한국어 엔트로피
Nederlands entropie
Polski entropia
Português entropia
Română entropie
Русский энтропия
Svenska entropi
Tagalog malikusog
Türkçe entropi
Українська ентропія

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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