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entropy
1868, from Ger.
Entropie
"measure of the disorder of a system," coined 1865 (on analogy of Ger.
Energie
) by physicist Rudolph Clausius (1822-1888) from Gk.
entropia
"a turning toward," from
en-
"in" +
trope
"a turning" (see
trope
).
