negentropy

== English == === Etymology === From nega- +‎ entropy. A blend of negative +‎ entropy, coined by the French physicist Léon Brillouin (1889–1969). The term negative entropy was introduced by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961) in his book What is Life? (1944, based on lectures delivered in February 1943). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnɛɡˈɛntɹɒpi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌnɛɡˈɛntɹəpi/ Hyphenation: neg‧en‧tro‧py === Noun === negentropy (countable and uncountable, plural negentropies) (thermodynamics) The difference between the entropy of a system and the maximum possible entropy of the same system. [from 1950s] (information theory) The difference between the entropy of a probability distribution and the maximum possible entropy of the same probability distribution. ==== Synonyms ==== centropy disentropy entaxy extropy ==== Antonyms ==== entropy ==== Derived terms ==== negentropic === References === === Further reading === negentropy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia maximum entropy probability distribution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia