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1 entropy -- rank: 1000

entropy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (communication theory ... contained thousands of bits of information" [syn: information, selective information, entropy] 2: (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy ... system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -pies) Etymology: International Scientific ... as EN-(2), Gk trope transformation) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Entropy En"tro*py, n. [Gr. ? a turning in; ? in + ? a ... when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h ? t. The ...

2 conformational entropy -- rank: 893

conformational entropy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached ...

3 isentropic -- rank: 699

... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: with unchanging entropy; at constant entropy Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1873 of or relating to equal or constant entropy; especially taking place without change of entropy • isentropically adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. having equal entropy. Etymology: ISO- + ENTROPY Webster's 1913 Dictionary Isentropic I`sen*trop"ic, ...

4 randomness -- rank: 419

... system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S] 2: the quality of lacking any predictable order or ... dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disproportion, disruption, disturbance, dysteleology, entropy, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, haphazardness, hesitancy, hesitation, incalculability, incertitude, incoherence, indecision ...

5 Isentropic lines -- rank: 419

... s 1913 Dictionary Isentropic I`sen*trop"ic, a. [Is- + entropy + -ic.] (Physics) Having equal entropy. Isentropic lines, lines which pass through points having equal entropy.

6 S -- rank: 331

... system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S] Merriam Webster's I. verb Etymology: contraction of is ...

7 redundancy -- rank: 209

... effusiveness, electronic data processing, embarras de richesses, embellishment, encoding, enough, entropy, excess, expletive, extravagance, extravagancy, exuberance, fat, featherbedding, fecundity, fertility, filling ...

8 promiscuity -- rank: 209

... disintegration, disjunction, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disproportion, disruption, disturbance, easy virtue, entropy, haphazardness, imprudence, incoherence, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination, inharmonious harmony, insensibility ...

9 Perturbation -- rank: 209

... disturbance, dread, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, electrification, embarrassment, embroilment, enigma, entropy, exacerbation, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, fear, fear and trembling, feery ...

10 Passivity -- rank: 209

... dormancy, drowsiness, dullness, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, enervation, ennui, entropy, fallow mind, fatigue, fatuity, foolishness, heartlessness, heaviness, hebetude, homage, hopelessness ...

11 OK10 -- rank: 209

... GARVIN County State OK City Name ELMORE CITY Full Name ENTROPY Owner Type PR Facility Use PR Facility City, State, Zip ...

12 obscurity -- rank: 209

... visible, dead of night, defocus, dimness, disorder, dummy, dusk, duskiness, entropy, esoterica, faintness, feebleness, figurehead, filminess, fog, fogginess, formlessness, fuzziness, generality ...

13 Latency -- rank: 209

... apathy, catalepsy, catatonia, cold storage, deadliness, deathliness, delitescence, doldrums, dormancy, entropy, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, intermission, interruption, languor, latent content, latent ...

14 Languor -- rank: 209

... doldrums, dormancy, doziness, drawl, drowsiness, dullness, dumps, enervation, enfeeblement, ennui, entropy, etiolation, exhaustion, eyestrain, faintness, fatigue, feebleness, flabbiness, flaccidity, foot-dragging ...

15 information theory -- rank: 209

... electrical communication, electronic communication, electronic communications, electronic data processing, encoding, entropy, information explosion, media, noise, radio control, radiocommunication, redundancy, servo engineering ...