entropy

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This tendency toward disorder also applies at the molecular scale and is described by a property known as entropy.

From Science Daily

The way to extend American advantage isn’t to declare victory in great-power competition, but to reduce strategic entropy—through coherent policy, allied industrial capacity and predictable commitments.

From The Wall Street Journal

"He was like, 'it's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe'," he said.

From Barron's

The mattering instinct “implicates both the most fundamental law of the science of matter, the law of entropy,” as well as “the biological imperative to resist it.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In reality, they contribute to entropy production and carry an energetic price.

From Science Daily