: What is entropy in thermodynamics and mechanics?
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Entropy is the tendency of everything to always move towards uncontrolled chaos. So in mechanics and thermodynamics, it’s the actions and reactions moving steadily towards a more and more uncontrolled state. Perfect example is a nuclear reaction. Once started it is essentially uncontrolled and unrecoverable without extreme intervention. Or a truck that lost it’s brakes. Ever see a runaway ramp? It’s a stretch of rocks and gravel on the bottom of a downslope of a hill. Truck looses brakes it can veer off and hit it, it used momentum and friction to slow a truck down.
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