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Which Entropy?
noun
1.Thermodynamics.
a) (on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
b) (in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S.
2. (in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.
3. (in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death)
4. a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.
What difference does it make?
Eventually all words and definitions will attain a state of uniform meaninglessness. Many young peoples have apparently already achieved this, as I frequently have no idea what they are talking about.