entropic
Tending toward disorder
Entropic describes things relating to or characterized by entropy—the tendency of systems to move from order toward disorder.
In physics, entropic processes involve the dispersal of energy.
More broadly, entropic suggests gradual decay or dissolution: the entropic drift of abandoned buildings, an entropic universe winding down toward heat death.
Absence of organization
- disarrayLack of order
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
disorganization · confusion · scramble · jumble · muddle · mess · disruption · scatter
Lack of predictable pattern
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- variabilityTendency to change
fluctuation · indeterminacy · unpredictability · chance · aleatory · statistical · Brownian · diffusion
Decline in condition
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- erosionGradual wearing away
- atrophyWasting from disuse
wasting · withering · dissolution · disintegration · decomposition · collapse · senescence · fading
Universe's final entropic state
- thermal equilibriumEqual temperature throughout system
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
- second lawEntropy inevitably rises
- BoltzmannEntropy-probability linking physicist
microstates · equilibrium · Gibbs · arrow of time · closed system · reversibility · dissipation
State of being unsure
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- signal degradationLoss of transmission integrity
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- information theoryMathematics of encoding signals
data loss · Shannon · redundancy · compression · encoding · garbling · interference · distortion
disorder
Absence of organization
- disarrayLack of order
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
unpredictability · disorganization · confusion · scramble · jumble · muddle · mess · disruption · scatter · diffusion
randomness
Lack of predictable pattern
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
variability · fluctuation · indeterminacy · unpredictability · chance · aleatory · statistical · Brownian · diffusion · perturbation
degradation
Decline in condition
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- erosionGradual wearing away
atrophy · wasting · withering · dissolution · disintegration · decomposition · collapse · senescence · fading · weakening
heat death
Universe's final entropic state
- thermal equilibriumEqual temperature throughout system
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
- second lawEntropy inevitably rises
Boltzmann · microstates · equilibrium · Gibbs · arrow of time · closed system · reversibility · dissipation
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- signal degradationLoss of transmission integrity
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
data loss · information theory · Shannon · redundancy · compression · encoding · garbling · interference · distortion
entropicorganizing
Systematically putting in order
ordering · structuring · constructive · integrative · cohesive
entropicordered
Arranged or commanded
organized · structured · coherent · systematic · patterned
entropicconstructive
Promoting positive development
generative · concentrating · conserving · accumulative · synergistic