ENTROPY
Dictionary entry overview: What does entropy mean?
• ENTROPY (noun)
The noun ENTROPY has 2 senses:
1. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
2. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Familiarity information: ENTROPY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENTROPY (noun)
Meaning:
(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
entropy; selective information; information
Context example:
the signal contained thousands of bits of information
Hypernyms ("entropy" is a kind of...):
information measure (a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information)
Domain category:
communication theory; communications (the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.))
Meaning:
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
randomness; entropy; S
Context example:
entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
Hypernyms ("entropy" is a kind of...):
physical property (a property used to characterize physical objects)
Domain category:
thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entropy"):
conformational entropy (entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone)
