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extropy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-tropy
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Negentropy.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

First coined to serve as an antonym of entropy, substituting its en- element (representing the prepositional prefix ἐν (en), en, “in” in its Ancient Greek etymon ἐντροπία (entropía), entropia, “a turning towards”) with ex- (representing the Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), ex, “out of”, “from”); because ἐξ (ex) takes the form ἐκ (ek) when prefixed to an element beginning with τ (t), the analogical spelling is ectropy (or, alternatively, ektropy), as if after the Ancient Greek *ἐκτροπία (ektropía, “a turning out of”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

extropies (plural)

Derived Forms

extropian

Questions

What does extropy mean?
Negentropy.
Where does extropy come from?
First coined to serve as an antonym of entropy, substituting its en- element (representing the prepositional prefix ἐν (en), en, “in” in its Ancient Greek etymon ἐντροπία (entropía), entropia, “a turning towards”) with ex- (representing the Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), ex, “out of”, “from”); because ἐξ (ex) takes the form ἐκ (ek) when prefixed to an element beginning with τ (t), the analogical spelling is ectropy (or, alternatively, ektropy), as if after the Ancient Greek *ἐκτροπία (ektropía, “a turning out of”).

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