The Emergence Machine

Entropy

property · Physics · Level 2 · E0

E0Spacetime

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A measure of the degree of disorder or randomness in a thermodynamic system, quantified by the amount of thermal energy unavailable to perform work.

Compare Entropy with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Entropy” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “Entropy”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
entropy
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0EntropyChangeQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesDunkley Fisher G…L11EntropyL2ChangeL1QuantityL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Entropy is a measure of disorder or randomness in a thermodynamic system.
  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    Entropy is a measure of disorder or randomness in a thermodynamic system.

Used by