entropy

a measure of the amount of energy in a system that is not available to do work

entropía, desorden térmico

• entropy of something

Collocations second law of thermodynamics and entropy · increase in entropy

• The second law of thermodynamics states that the total entropy of an isolated system always increases over time.

  La segunda ley de la termodinámica establece que el entropía total de un sistema aislado siempre aumenta con el tiempo.

the tendency of systems to become more disordered over time, or the degree to which this happens

desorden, caos

• entropy in something

Collocations entropy of a system · increase in entropy

• The entropy in the room increased as more people entered and started moving things around.

  El desorden en la habitación aumentó a medida que más personas entraron y empezaron a mover cosas.

a measure of the amount of uncertainty or randomness in information, often used in computer science and communication theory

incertidumbre, aleatoriedad

• entropy of something

Collocations information entropy · calculate the entropy of data

• The information entropy of a message can be used to measure its unpredictability.

  La entropía de información de un mensaje puede utilizarse para medir su imprevisibilidad.