When it reaches that state, maximum entropy is achieved. From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Gentle | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
This entropy is useful for all your random number needs. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The use of the terms entropy and disorder have been bandied about in many confusing ways. From Wordnik.com. [Purpose, specification and function - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Just as entropy is only a relative background effect, it is also not all that there is to reality. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Universalism and Particularism in Neoconservatism] Reference
Penrose believes the increasing universal entropy is supporting evidence that this is what happens. From Wordnik.com. [Aiguy's Computer] Reference
Increasing entropy is the process of nothingness changing back into the unified nothingness it once was. From Wordnik.com. [Dawkins and ID] Reference
According to Boltzmann, entropy is a measure for physical probability, and the nature and essence of the Second Law of Heat. From Wordnik.com. [Max Planck - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Sir Roger Penrose has a hypothesis about how increasing entropy is evidence of universe slowly losing its property of time. From Wordnik.com. [Changing Your Name] Reference
•the entropy is not proportional to the volume but rather to the area of the event horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Physicist Stephen Hawking in Hospital - NASA Watch] Reference
Wattenberg calculated a sharp rise in name entropy over time. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The measure of this disorder, known as entropy, can only increase. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
The result is that it is accurate to call entropy a measure of disorder. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
It is like calling entropy "the logarithm of the number of quantum states". From Wordnik.com. [iMechanica - Comments] Reference
I remember first reading about the idea of entropy in the "Energy" book of the old. From Wordnik.com. [Cocktail Party Physics] Reference
Ruin as particularly evil; Ruin was a force of entropy, which is its own different thing. From Wordnik.com. [Pat's Fantasy Hotlist] Reference
Director and DePauw associate professor Tim Good has been intrigued by the notion of entropy for years. From Wordnik.com. [DePauw University News] Reference
The entropy is the log of d (micro) and the rules are supposed to coincide with the AdS/CFT expectations. From Wordnik.com. [The Reference Frame] Reference
"He has recast the notion of entropy into a context that has meaning and relevance for this particular problem.". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The engine of this increase of complexity is the simultaneous creation of new structure and increase in entropy. From Wordnik.com. [Complexity and the Ability to Predict Conflict | Impact Lab] Reference
There is a general law that all spontaneous chemical and physical processes are associated with an increase in entropy. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1949- Presentation Speech] Reference
The darkness he describes could also be called entropy, and while it is a natural force, it doesn't "try" to do anything. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Do you suppose the term "entropy" may apply to American society?. From Wordnik.com. [Saddam Murder Trial-- A little "pot calling the kettle black?"] Reference
I think java JDK is a perfect illustration of "entropy" in software. From Wordnik.com. [Entropic Software] Reference
entropy is used in IT, but it is not the kind of entropy the SLoT applies to. From Wordnik.com. [It’s A Big Deal in Kansas « UDreamOfJanie] Reference
They define "entropy" as if it were a singular idea for explanation of a singular item. From Wordnik.com. [Entropy Et Al...] Reference
1. determining whether genetic entropy is in operation today through more comprehensive sequencing. From Wordnik.com. [Aiguy's Computer] Reference
If you had read the questions or understood them, you might have noticed that the "entropy" does not appear. From Wordnik.com. [Lambert on square root cosine latitude « Climate Audit] Reference
I beg to differ, as; in science, the term "entropy" is in general interpreted in at least three isolated, but somewhat related, ways. From Wordnik.com. [Entropy Et Al...] Reference
The battle against entropy is valiant. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendor of Colleoni] Reference
That is what the article meant by "entropy," innit?. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Hence, photons jumping in and out of atoms could create 'entropy' waves. From Wordnik.com. [The Reference Frame] Reference
Now I come to think of it, didn't someone once call entropy 'Time's Arrow?'". From Wordnik.com. [Reach For Tomorrow]
I doubt that the idea of entropy as an absolute quantity ever entered Boltzmann’s head. From Wordnik.com. [Sewell's Thermodynamic Failure - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Another example is the term "entropy," and the closely related term "second law of thermodynamics.". From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
However, for other properties of ideal gases, such as entropy, the internal structure may play a role. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
He also identified a quantity, which he called "entropy," that increased during the flow, providing a gradient. From Wordnik.com. [MAA Column - Devlin's Angle by Keith Devlin] Reference
We have used the idea of entropy to measure the non-randomness in a linguistic system including the Indus script. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
"entropy" one might say ... collapses of wide ranges of options into narrower ranges. From Wordnik.com. [Ethical Technology] Reference
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