chaos

cha·os  (ks)

n.

1. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.

2. A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.

3. often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.

4. Mathematics A dynamical system that has a sensitive dependence on its initial conditions.

5. Obsolete An abyss; a chasm.

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[Middle English, formless primordial space, from Latin, from Greek khaos.]

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cha·otic (-tk) adj.

cha·oti·cal·ly adv.

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chaos

Noun

complete disorder or confusion [Greek khaos]

chaotic adj
chaotically adv

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chaos  (ks)

The behavior of systems that follow deterministic laws but appear random and unpredictable. Chaotic systems very are sensitive to initial conditions; small changes in those conditions can lead to quite different outcomes. One example of chaotic behavior is the flow of air in conditions of turbulence. See more at fractal.

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Chaos any confused or disorderly collection or state of things; a conglomeration of parts or elements without order or connexion. See also clutter, confusion.

Examples: chaos of accidental knowledge; of foul disorders, 1579; of green and grey mists, 1878; of laws and regulations, 1781.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chaos - a state of extreme confusion and disorder bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!"
	2.	chaos - the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos physical phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy
	3.	Chaos - (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	4.	chaos - (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" dynamical system - (physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space

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chaos

noun disorder, confusion, mayhem, anarchy, lawlessness, pandemonium, entropy, bedlam, tumult, disorganization << OPPOSITE orderliness

Translations

chaos [ˈkeɪɔs] n → caos m

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chaos [ˈkeɪɔs] n → chaos m

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chaos [ˈkeɪɔs] n → Chaos nt, Durcheinander nt

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chaos [ˈkeɪɔs] n → caos m