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Shannon entropy

Shannon entropy noun: information entropy.

Noun

Shannon entropy (countable and uncountable, plural Shannon entropies)

  1. information entropy

Forms of Shannon entropy

pluralShannon entropies

Origin of Shannon entropy

Named after Claude Shannon, the "father of information theory".

Questions about Shannon entropy

What does Shannon entropy mean?
Shannon entropy means information entropy.
What part of speech is Shannon entropy?
Shannon entropy is a noun.
What is the plural of Shannon entropy?
The plural of Shannon entropy is Shannon entropies.

Words near Shannon entropy in the dictionary

  1. Shannon Brook
  2. Shannon capacities
  3. Shannon capacity
  4. Shannon County
  5. Shannon entropies
  6. Shannon entropy
  7. Shannon information
  8. Shannon limit
  9. Shannon limits
  10. Shannon stopover
  11. Shannon stopovers

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