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ectropy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-tropy
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The overall increase in the organization of a system

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

“This term was suggested by W. V. Quine in discussions following this symposium: Entropy, he pointed out, is Greek for turning in; the opposite term should therefore be the Greek for turning out, namely ectropy. Since the coaction cardioid literally turns in and out of the circle of reference, his short, elegant term is used throughout.”

Usage

Inflected Forms

ectropies (plural)

Derived Forms

ectropic

Synonyms

negentropy extropy

Antonyms

entropy

Questions

What does ectropy mean?
The overall increase in the organization of a system
Where does ectropy come from?
“This term was suggested by W. V. Quine in discussions following this symposium: Entropy, he pointed out, is Greek for turning in; the opposite term should therefore be the Greek for turning out, namely ectropy. Since the coaction cardioid literally turns in and out of the circle of reference, his short, elegant term is used throughout.”

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