randomness
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Sense 1 noun
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
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- physical property hypernym
- conformational entropy hyponym
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- thermodynamics domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
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- unregularity hypernym
- ergodicity hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | thermodynamics |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical property |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conformational entropy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | random |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | haphazard |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | unregularity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ergodicity |