- entropy of system
- энтропия системы
English-russian dictionary of physics. 2013.
English-russian dictionary of physics. 2013.
Entropy (classical thermodynamics) — In thermodynamics, entropy is a measure of how close a thermodynamic system is to equilibrium. A thermodynamic system is any physical object or region of space that can be described by its thermodynamic quantities such as temperature, pressure,… … Wikipedia
Entropy (arrow of time) — Entropy is the only quantity in the physical sciences that picks a particular direction for time, sometimes called an arrow of time. As one goes forward in time, the second law of thermodynamics says that the entropy of an isolated system can… … Wikipedia
entropy — [en′trə pē] n. [Ger entropie, arbitrary use (by R. J. E. Clausius, 1822 88, Ger physicist) of Gr entropē, a turning toward, as if < Ger en(ergie), ENERGY + Gr tropē, a turning: see TROPE] 1. a thermodynamic measure of the amount of energy… … English World dictionary
entropy — ► NOUN Physics ▪ a thermodynamic quantity expressing the unavailability of a system s thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system. DERIVATIVES entropic adjective.… … English terms dictionary
entropy — 1868, from Ger. Entropie measure of the disorder of a system, coined 1865 (on analogy of Energie) by German physicist Rudolph Clausius (1822 1888) from Gk. entropia a turning toward, from en in (see EN (Cf. en ) (2)) + trope a turning (see TROPE… … Etymology dictionary
Entropy — This article is about entropy in thermodynamics. For entropy in information theory, see Entropy (information theory). For a comparison of entropy in information theory with entropy in thermodynamics, see Entropy in thermodynamics and information… … Wikipedia
Entropy (order and disorder) — Boltzmann s molecules (1896) shown at a rest position in a solid In thermodynamics, entropy is commonly associated with the amount of order, disorder, and/or chaos in a thermodynamic system. This stems from Rudolf Clausius 1862 assertion that any … Wikipedia
Entropy (information theory) — In information theory, entropy is a measure of the uncertainty associated with a random variable. The term by itself in this context usually refers to the Shannon entropy, which quantifies, in the sense of an expected value, the information… … Wikipedia
Entropy (statistical thermodynamics) — In thermodynamics, statistical entropy is the modeling of the energetic function entropy using probability theory. The statistical entropy perspective was introduced in 1870 with the work of the Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. Mathematical… … Wikipedia
Entropy in thermodynamics and information theory — There are close parallels between the mathematical expressions for the thermodynamic entropy, usually denoted by S , of a physical system in the statistical thermodynamics established by Ludwig Boltzmann and J. Willard Gibbs in the 1870s; and the … Wikipedia
Entropy (energy dispersal) — The thermodynamic concept of entropy can be described qualitatively as a measure of energy dispersal (energy distribution) at a specific temperature. Changes in entropy can be quantitatively related to the distribution or the spreading out of the … Wikipedia