"entropic doom" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} entropic doom (uncountable)
  1. (informal, physics) The result of the second law of thermodynamics in which the entropy of the universe steadily increases until thermal equilibrium is reached, energy is uniformly dispersed, and no life exists. Tags: informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: Big Chill, Big Freeze, heat death of the universe Hypernyms: doom
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