# entropy (disorder)

A state where pattern is not the same across space or time.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: general

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity)

**Through:** Pattern.regularity becomes less consistent across space.extent and time.dimension when many small differences accumulate without correction.

**Novel properties:**
- increasing disorder
- irreversible change

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entropy.disorder*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entropy.disorder.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*