negentropicadj.
/ˌnɛɡɛnˈtrɒpɪk/, /ˌnɛɡɛnˈtrəʊpɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɛɡɛnˈtrɑpɪk/ Of or relating to negentropy; causing or accompanied by a decrease in entropy or an increase in order (sometimes with the implication that the second law of thermodynamics is being contravened).
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1964 Science 8 May 614 We have no way of putting this or any other negentropic process into dimensions used in studying chemical reactions in the laboratory.
1977 Jrnl. Polymer Sci. Polymer Symp. No. 63. 240 It is reasonable to suppose that this negentropic model may apply to CH4, as well as to the monatomic systems.
1984 D. Brin Practice Effect iv. vi. 75 So, there was no magical, negentropic chimpanzee after all.
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 52 By New Year's Eve, through some negentropic miracle of reversed capillary action, the washed ink appeared to have resorbed into the lines from which it had leached.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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