entropy

  1. Noun.  (context, thermodynamics) .
  2. Noun.  (context, statistics) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal. Originally a tongue in cheek coinage, has fallen into disuse to avoid confusion with thermodynamic entropy.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.

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