entropy · disorder
Ask PrometheusA state where pattern is not the same across space or time.
Entropy (noun) means: A state where pattern is not the same across space or time. It emerges from space, time, pattern: Pattern.regularity becomes less consistent across space.extent and time.dimension when many small differences accumulate without correction. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- A sandcastle left on the beach is worn by wind and waves until its towers and walls become a shapeless mound. physics
Emergence
through: Pattern.regularity becomes less consistent across space.extent and time.dimension when many small differences accumulate without correction.
- increasing disorder
- irreversible change
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| contrasts-with | organized.structure | organized structure resists entropy |