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"entropy" (was Re: jubluH'a'?)

• From: Alan Anderson <[email protected]>
• Subject: "entropy" (was Re: jubluH'a'?)
• Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:50:43 -0500
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jIja'pu':
> tuj patDaq vumlaHbe'bogh tuj HoS 'oS "entropy".
> reH ghurmo' pat SoQ "entropy", SoQchugh 'u', SabnIS 'u' pat.

ja' pIl'o':
>reH mu'vam vIlo'pu'Ha'. *inevitable tendency to degenerate* delmeH
>vIlo'pu'.

toH.  mu'meywIj yIlaDqa'.  bImujbe'.  SabnIS pat SoQ.

>chay'  qechvam  delmoH  thlingan Hol  DI'vI' Hol mu'mey je  vIlo'chu' ?

Qap "entropy".  To be precise, it is the Second Law of Thermodynamics
which describes the idea:  entropy always increases.  Another way to
define entropy is as the amount of disorder in a system, but that's
less straightforward to measure than heat energy is.

-- ghunchu'wI' 'utlh

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