Entropy

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

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