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noun
The difference between the entropy of a system and the maximum possible entropy of the same system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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noun
The difference between the entropy of a probability distribution and the maximum possible entropy of the same probability distribution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, information-theory, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
From nega- + entropy. A blend of negative + entropy, coined by the French physicist Léon Brillouin (1889–1969). The term negative entropy was introduced by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) in his book What is Life? (1944, based on lectures delivered in February 1943).
