anentropy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A measure of the purity or chemical affinity in a thermodynamic system.

   • Treivus has pointed out that the anentropy, apart from a constant factor (the universal gas constant) is equal to the chemical affinity for one componenent in a themodynamic system.
2. 2

   A measure of the simplicity or purity of a distribution.

   • Here, R is rank formula of composition – a sequence of components by reduction of their value (contents); Н is Shannon information entropy – complexity measure; А – anentropy – measure of purity; Т – tolerance – measure of ultrapurity.
3. 3

   An increase in order.

   • All these assume a kind of anentropy, a rising of order out of disorder, implicitly embodying a kind of anthropic intent, which Plato articulated as the soul, identified as the primal mover, the initiator of action.
   • It is anentropy in the midst of entropy. Therefore, regarding life as defined the concept of homeostasis is only applicable in a relative sense.
   • Science has the happy distinction of finding a balance between entropy and anentropy: between the need to conserve order with progress.

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