Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Definition
A property of a system that depends only on the current state or configuration of the system, not on the path or process by which the system reached that state.
AP course connection
Topic 9.6: 9.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics