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entropy

noun
🔊/ˈentrəpi/
🔊/ˈentrəpi/
[uncountable]
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  1. (specialist) a way of measuring the lack of order that exists in a system无序状态测量法
  2. (physics物理)
    (symbol S)
    a measurement of the energy that is present in a system or process but is not available to do work熵（物质系统中不能用来做功的能量的度量）Topics Physics and chemistryc2
  3. a complete lack of order无序状态
    • In the business world, entropy rules.在商业世界中，无序是常态。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from en- ‘inside’ + Greek tropē ‘transformation’.