Question

what is entropy? in layman's terms...

Answer 1

It is the measure of disorder of a system. This site explains it well v http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/Primer/what_is_entropy.htm

Answer 2

yaaa its degree of disorderness

Answer 3

this is what i can say in layman word if i tell in scientific meaner you may not understand it

Answer 4

dodi you get @izzykartall

Answer 5

mean gas are more disorder than the liquid therefore the entropy of gas is higher than the liquid similarly entropy of liquid is higher than the solid

Answer 6

ok, but how can you measure "disorder"?

Answer 7

at the time of working scientists found in some process the term Q/T almost remained constant and they named it entropy which nothing but degree of disorder and here T is in kelvin