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Summary

entropy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Josiah Willard Gibbs is named after entropy[2].
  • Ludwig Boltzmann is named after entropy[3].
  • entropy's subclass of is recorded as entropy[4].
  • entropy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bh8517[5].
  • entropy's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics[6].
  • entropy's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c6zxffmn[7].
  • entropy's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 125612416[8].
  • entropy's KBpedia ID is recorded as ThermodynamicEntropy[9].

Why It Matters

entropy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (238 views/month).[1] entropy has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] entropy is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Josiah Willard Gibbs Ludwig Boltzmann thermodynamics

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). entropy. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/entropy-q12727673
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_entropy-q12727673_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{entropy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/entropy-q12727673}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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