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Textual thesaurus for "entropy"

(noun) randomness, S

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity


(noun) selective information, information

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome

the signal contained thousands of bits of information