Meanings
nounShannon entropy (countable and uncountable, plural Shannon entropies)
plural Shannon entropies
- countableuncountableinformation entropy
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Origin
Named after Claude Shannon, the "father of information theory".
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Shannon entropy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shannon%20entropy
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