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self-organization

self-organization noun: a process of attraction and repulsion in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source.

Noun

self-organization (uncountable)

  1. (cybernetics) A process of attraction and repulsion in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source.

Origin of self-organization

From self- + organization.

Questions about self-organization

What does self-organization mean?
Self-organization means a process of attraction and repulsion in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source.
What part of speech is self-organization?
Self-organization is a noun.

Words near self-organization in the dictionary

  1. self-opinioned
  2. self-opinions
  3. self-ordained
  4. self-ordination
  5. self-ordinations
  6. self-organization
  7. self-organize
  8. self-organized
  9. self-organizes
  10. self-organizing
  11. self-organizing map

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