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232%7Dingy church in French port
328%5 The village of Port Ellen is a major ferry port on Islay

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We think the answer is "ENTROPY" which means:

    noun
  • • (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
  • • (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

An example sentence would be:

  • • "According to the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy of an isolated system always increases."
  • • "The entropy of a pure crystalline substance tends to be lower than that of a disordered substance."

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