Entropy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Strictly thermodynamic entropy. A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work. # strictly thermodynamic entropy. A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system which cannot be used to do mechanical work. # A measure of the disorder present in a system. # The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature [http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055]. # The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature. [http://www.entropysite.com/students_approach.html] A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal. The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
Example sentence: The minute those two little particles inside a woman's womb have joined together, billions of decisions have been made. A thing like that has to come from entropy.
S
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.The nineteenth in a list. (Synonyms: 19, XIX)
Part of speech: abbreviation
Definition: abbreviation for the scruple (the apothecaries' system unit of mass)
Part of speech: symbol
Definition: A symbol of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), representing a voiceless alveolar fricative.