Ordiny (noun)
/ˈɔːdɪni/

Definition:

  1. The tendency of a system to move toward order, coherence, and structured arrangement, in contrast to entropy’s tendency toward disorder and dispersion.

  2. A measure of increasing organization, regularity, or predictability within a system.

  3. (Philosophical/poetic) The principle of gathering, harmonizing, or building complexity through ordered patterns.

Etymology:
Back-formed from order and ordinary, ultimately from Latin ordo (“row, rank, arrangement”). Modeled in parallel to entropy.

Usage:

  • “Life feeds on ordiny, exporting entropy to survive.”

  • “The crystal lattice is a frozen triumph of ordiny over thermal chaos.”

  • “Civilizations rise and fall on the tension between entropy and ordiny.”