negentropy
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Noun — In physics, negentropy is the gap between a system's actual entropy and its highest possible entropy.
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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).
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