English

Noun

ectropy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ectropies)

1. (thermodynamics) The overall increase in the organization of a system

Synonyms

• negentropy

Antonyms

• entropy

References

1. ↑ Twenty-first Anniversary Symposium of the Council for Unified Research and Education (1969)
2. ↑ Edward Haskell (1972). "Generalization of the structure of Mendeleev's periodic table," In E. Haskell (Ed.), Full Circle: The Moral Force of Unified Science chapter 2, (pp. 21-90). New York: Gordon and Breach.
3. ↑ http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ectropic/ectropy.html