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entropic
adjective
specializeduk /enˈtrɒp.ɪk/ us /ɪnˈtrɑː.pɪk/
social science
lacking order, or gradually losing order:
He describes the entropic motion of American society since the 1960s.
The economic system has managed to develop a way of organizing itself that at first seems chaotic and entropic.
physics
relating to the amount of energy in a system or process that is not available to do work: 熵热的
The Earth dissipates entropic heat to space.地球向太空散发熵热。
Newton believed that loss of motion shows nature's entropic tendency.
The old system is imploding in entropic collapse, as the assumptions it was built on are becoming invalid.
The stored information is susceptible to a kind of entropic deterioration.
The whole building fell into entropic ruin.
There may be areas of entropic imbalance.
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