Entropy 2

[Dave Monroe]

And note, by the way ...

Main Entry: trope 
Pronunciation: 'trOp
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin tropus, from Greek tropos turn, way,
manner, style, trope, from trepein to turn
Date: 1533
1 : a word or expression used in a figurative sense :
FIGURE OF SPEECH
2 : a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or
interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the
Middle Ages

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... entropy AS trope here ...

--- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> entropy ('entr&pI).  Physics.  [f. Gr. trope
> transformation (lit. 'turning'), after the analogy
> of ENERGY.  First proposed by Clausius (1865) in
> Ger. from entropie....
> 
> http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/00076390
> 
> --- JBFRAME at aol.com wrote:
> > There are at least three ways of defining entropy

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