entropy – English noun declension

English noun forms of entropy

Noun: entropy
Singularentropy
Pluralentropies

Sample Sentences

  • Near-synonym: unavailable energy

Etymology

First attested in 1867, as the translation of German Entropie, coined in 1865 by Rudolph Clausius in analogy to Energie (“energy”), replacing the root of Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) by Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ, “transformation”)). See: German Nouns 'Entropie', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἔργον', Ancient Greek Nouns 'τροπή'.

Verbs referencing "entropy"

Polish Nouns entropia, Greek Nouns ντροπή.