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could anyone tell me in sone detaile what entropy is?

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matty443 | 17:54 Tue 24th Oct 2006 | Science
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could anyone tell me in sone detaile what entropy is? ty
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The tendency for all things to deteriorate over time...and is central to the second law of thermodynamics. Entropy is symbolized by the letter S, by the way...
18:29 Tue 24th Oct 2006
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Entropy is a measure of the amount of disorder of a system.

In ice each water molecule is held firmly in place and the entropy is relatively low. Liquid water has a higher entropy as the water molecules have restricted movement. Water vapour has a much higher entropy as the molecules can move about freely.
18:58 Tue 24th Oct 2006
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thank you
22:10 Tue 24th Oct 2006
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Gef's first sentence is the definition i'm used to, but from a mathematical/electronic perspective, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_coding
10:23 Wed 01st Nov 2006

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