Definition of: entropy

(en′trə·pē) noun
1. Physics An index of the degree in which the total energy of a thermodynamic system is uniformly distributed and is thus unavailable for conversion into work.
2. In information theory, a measure of the uncertainty of our knowledge. [<Gk. entropia, var. of entropē a turning <en- in + trepein turn]

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shannon entropy
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thermodynamic entropy
entropy s
relative entropy
neumann entropy
differential entropy
total entropy
low entropy
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black hole entropy
conditional entropy

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Definition of: entropy

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