What does entropy measure in a system?

How evenly energy is distributed.

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Why: Entropy measures evenness of energy distribution among parts of a system. Energy tends to spread out over available states.

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Answer: How evenly energy is distributed. Entropy measures evenness of energy distribution among parts of a system. Energy tends to spread out over available states.

  1. Energy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy
    Entropy is a measure of evenness of a distribution of energy between parts of a system.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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