entropy
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If we now weight the entropy of the second words with the corresponding probabilities, we get a value of 4.11.
From Scientific American
We’ve known since the 1970s that gravity and entropy are related, thanks to black holes.
From Scientific American
Perhaps his primary knack was for contriving a tension between immaculate optics and human entropy.
From Washington Post
“This is because, according to the laws of entropy, chaos begets more chaos.”
From Seattle Times
It’s powerful and unhinged and overbuilt — a monument to the entropy of the postindustrial city, and the tenuous dance of its inhabitants.
From New York Times
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