[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Thermodynamics.(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, and differing from energy in that energy is the ability to do work and entropy is a measure of how much energy is not available. The less work that is produced, the greater the entropy, so when a closed system is void of energy, the result is maximum entropy.(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system.:S", "(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, and differing from energy in that energy is the ability to do work and entropy is a measure of how much energy is not available. The less work that is produced, the greater the entropy, so when a closed system is void of energy, the result is maximum entropy.", "(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system.:S", "(in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.", "(in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperatureheat death.", "a state of disorder, or a tendency toward such a state; chaos .", "a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration."]}]