Comments on "entropy?"?

Answer 1

In general, entropy is a term that refers to the tendency of an organized system to move towards a system of lower organization.

It can be described as"

1. A measure of the disorder or randomness in a closed system.
2. A measure of the loss of information in a transmitted message.
3. The tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity.
I4. inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society.

It is also a term in thermodynamics to refer to For a closed thermodynamic system, a quantitative measure of the amount of thermal energy not available to do work.

Entropy is a term that is used in a variety of disciplines. In chaos theory, there are entropic (spiraling or winding down systems) that are become less complex and organized and negentropic systems--those that are spiraling UP, organizing, becoming more complex. An example of a negentropic system would be the mechanics of water coming to a boil in which the turbulent chaotic water organizes into a bubbling pattern that is less random, or the collection of water vapor into cloud systems.