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(physics)entropy(quantity indicating the number of possible microstates)
In de thermodynamica wordt entropie vaak geassocieerd met de mate van wanorde. ― In thermodynamics, entropy is often associated with the degree of disorder.
De entropie van een geïsoleerd systeem neemt altijd toe. ― The entropy of an isolated system always increases.
Om de totale entropie te berekenen, moeten we rekening houden met alle microtoestanden. ― To calculate the total entropy, we must take into account all the microstates.
Probably borrowed from GermanEntropie, from Ancient Greekἐντροπῐ́ᾱ(entropíā); literally "turning over" but taken in the sense of "transforming". A term proposed in 1850 by the German physicist R. J. Clausius by analogy with GermanEnergie.