Vocabulary : Entropion to Entwist
Entropion : Same as Entropium.Entropium : The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.
Entropy : A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.
Entrust : See Intrust.
Entry : The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking. ;; The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item. ;; That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine. ;; The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5. ;; The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them. ;; A putting upon record in proper form and order. ;; The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute th
