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entropy [en-trop-ee] Noun 1. Formal lack of pattern or organization 2. Physics a thermodynamic quantity that represents the amount of energy present in a system that cannot be converted into work because it is tied up in the atomic structure of the system [Greek entropē a turning towards]
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In Lisa Oppenheim's show "Parallax View" there was a constant tension between easily readable images and those that are utterly indecipherable and entropic. These morphologies are related to an enthalpic vs entropic balance of interactions in block copolymers. Seeing a glue-like or soap-like structure built purely by entropic forces was "shocking," he says. |
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