entropy
A measure of the disorder present in a system.
Other meanings
A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
Shannon entropy
Synonyms
- bound entropy
- information
- selective information
Antonyms
- aggregation
- free entropy
Related words
- anentropy
- correntropy
- disentropy
- entropic
- entropized
- entropology
- entropyless
- entropylike
- hyperentropy
- subentropy
- algorithmic entropy
- min-entropy
Word history
From Ancient Greek "τροπή" (transformation).
Where this comes from
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