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Descriptor English: Entropy
Descriptor Spanish: Entropía
Descriptor entropía
Scope note: Medida de aquella parte del calor o la energía de un sistema que no está disponible para generar trabajo. La entropía aumenta en todos los procesos naturales (espontáneos e irreversibles). (Dorland, 28th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Entropia
Descriptor French: Entropie
Entry term(s): Entropies
Tree number(s): G01.906.345
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019277
Scope note: The measure of that part of the heat or energy of a system which is not available to perform work. Entropy increases in all natural (spontaneous and irreversible) processes. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Thermodynamics (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33181
Unique ID: D019277
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Entropy - Preferred
Concept UI M0028706
Scope note The measure of that part of the heat or energy of a system which is not available to perform work. Entropy increases in all natural (spontaneous and irreversible) processes. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
Preferred term Entropy
Entry term(s) Entropies



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