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

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anonymous · Answer

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

chmvijay · Answer

yaaa its degree of disorderness

chmvijay · Answer

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

chmvijay · Answer

dodi you get @izzykartall

chmvijay · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

ok, but how can you measure "disorder"?

anonymous · Answer

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