randomness

• Существительное, обозначающее качество или состояние отсутствия предсказуемого порядка, шаблона или плана; в термодинамике связано с энтропией, представляя недоступность энергии для механической работы.

A noun referring to the quality or state of lacking a predictable order, pattern, or plan; in thermodynamics, it is associated with entropy, representing the unavailability of energy for mechanical work.

uncountable

1. Thermodynamic entropyC1formalscientific

   A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work.

   Термодинамическая энтропия

   • The randomness of the system increased as the gas expanded.
   • In thermodynamics, randomness is often measured as entropy.
   • The second law of thermodynamics states that randomness in an isolated system always increases.

   Synonymsentropy

2. Lack of order or predictabilityB2formal

   The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.

   Случайность

   • The randomness of the lottery results makes it impossible to predict.
   • There is a certain randomness in the way leaves fall from trees.
   • The artist embraced randomness in her abstract paintings.

   Synonymsarbitrarinesschancechaosdisorderhaphazardnessunpredictability

   Antonymsorderpatternpredictabilityregularity