Entropy

entropy
1868, from Ger. Entropie "measure of the disorder of a system," coined 1865 (on analogy of Ger. Energie) by physicist Rudolph Clausius (1822-1888) from Gk. entropia "a turning toward," from en- "in" + trope "a turning

which brings to mind a John Hiatt song

"It's been a slow turnin'
From the inside out
A slow turnin'
But you come about"