noun
1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
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entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
• Topics: ↑thermodynamics
• Hypernyms: ↑physical property
• Hyponyms: ↑conformational entropy
2. the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
• Syn: ↑haphazardness, ↑stochasticity, ↑noise
• Derivationally related forms: ↑haphazard (for: ↑haphazardness), ↑random
• Hypernyms: ↑irregularity, ↑unregularity
• Hyponyms: ↑ergodicity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.