entropy
/ˈɛntɹəpi/
a measure of disorder or randomness in a system; gradual decline into disorder
entropy in a sentence
“Without maintenance, the garden fell into entropy.”
Origin of entropy
German Entropie from Greek en- within + trope transformation, turning
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the classification of things according to their characteristics
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