my favourite word
entropy
- the irreversible tendency of a system, including the universe, toward increasing disorder; also, the final state predictable from this.
- from the greek <en->in + <trepein> to turn.
(funk & wagnalls, standard desk dictionary, 1966)
- the irreversible tendency of a system, including the universe, toward increasing disorder; also, the final state predictable from this.
- from the greek <en->
(funk & wagnalls, standard desk dictionary, 1966)
posted by scøüpe at 9:34 AM
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Not a very auspicious word, eh? I need to rummage up something that means "looks like inevitable entropy but actually is moving toward more order and meaning." Surely there's such a word? At any rate, I think it's an accurate description of the Way the World Is. "Entropy" doesn't have enough hope in it for me!
why find it when you can make it? unentropy. :)
actually, i belive the word is disentropy.
but why be auspicious?
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