Definition of SYNTROPY

syntropy

Meanings

Noun

  • A tendency towards complexity, structure, order, organization of ever more advantageous and orderly patterns. Originally coined as a synonym for negentropy
  • The coalescence of two diseases into one.
  • A wholesome association with others.
  • A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.

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