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- noun informal, physics The result of the second law of thermodynamics in which the
entropy of theuniverse steadily increases untilthermal equilibrium is reached,energy is uniformly dispersed, and nolife exists.
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ry commented on the word entropic doom
Science fiction author Stephen Baxter's descriptions of this state are vivid and trenchant. Can't remember the book(s) they were in, though.
March 23, 2013