macrostates

We may conventionally refer to these regions as macrostates, while acknowledging this terminology is a little inappropriate when describing systems consisting only of a single molecule.

Information Processing and Thermodynamic Entropy Maroney, Owen 2009

There is a range of microstates and corresponding macrostates in a population of organisms.

A peer-reviewed article that supports ID . . . or something else - The Panda's Thumb 2009

Then again, I suppose the entropy of a system is likewise a function of our description of the system, in that it depends on how we partition microstates into macrostates.

Perceiving Randomness Sean 2009

A macroscopically indeterministic process is one in which microstates starting in the same initial macrostate end up in different final macrostates.

Information Processing and Thermodynamic Entropy Maroney, Owen 2009

James, there are certainly good questions to be asked about how we divide the many microstates of the world into a smaller number of macrostates.

The Arrow of Time in Scientific American Sean 2008

In that case, does the second law mean entropy will increase regardless of how we define the macrostates (as long as we keep those definitions consistent) – or only for some preferred assignment of microstates to macrostates?

Arrow of Time FAQ Sean 2007

Robert (#96), as I understand it entropy is a property of macrostates, not of microstates.

Arrow of Time FAQ Sean 2007

(As discussed above, this makes entropy dependent on how we partition the set of microstates into macrostates.)

Arrow of Time FAQ Sean 2007

In a statistical mechanical setting a system is partitioned into sets of macrostates, where a reshuffling of the microstates that compose it do not change it.

A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007

The system evolves through larger macrostates or phase space volumes.

A Dark, Misleading Force Sean 2007