entropy

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This tendency toward disorder also applies at the molecular scale and is described by a property known as entropy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

Rather than lowering the energy cost of the reaction, the electric field makes the process favorable by increasing entropy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

"He was like, 'it's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe'," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

It would be easier to argue that the best defense against entropy is to stand athwart any change in taste and manners, as Plato advised in the “Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The total entropy of any system, said Dr. Hauptmann, will decrease only if the entropy of another system will increase.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr