What does “order” and “disorder” mean in the context of chemistry?

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Lecture keeps talking about order and disorder but I’m not sure I’m fully grasping it…

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is it talking about entropy? Entropy is how much disorder/randomness/chaos there is in a thermodynamic system such as an ideal gas or a liquid or solid. We can calculate entropy which changes with pressure and temperature and internal energy. Disorder (entropy) increases with temperature and decreases with pressure.

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