What part of speech is entropy?

Entropy can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. entropy is a noun, singular of entropies.

Inflections

Noun

What does entropy mean?

Definitions

Noun

entropy - (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"
entropy - (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

Examples of entropy

#   Sentence  
1. noun Entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity.
2. noun Think of a sentence no one would ever think of. There's your contribution to entropy.
3. noun You can't beat entropy, Tom. It's a lost cause.
Sentence  
noun
Entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity.
Think of a sentence no one would ever think of. There's your contribution to entropy.
You can't beat entropy, Tom. It's a lost cause.

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