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Noun
/ˈkāˌäs/,
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chaoses, plural;
  1. Complete disorder and confusion
    • - snow caused chaos in the region
  2. Behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions

  3. The formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe

  4. The first created being, from which came the primeval deities Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus, and Nyx


  1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  2. the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  3. (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
  4. (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
  5. (chaotic) lacking a visible order or organization
  6. (chaotic) completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
  7. Chaos (derived from the Ancient Greek Χάος, Chaos) typically means a state lacking order or predictability. ...
  8. Chaos is a 2001 French film written and directed by Coline Serreau.
  9. Chaos is a 2005 movie about the rape and murder of two adolescent girls. It stars Kevin Gage, Sage Stallone and Stephen Wozniak and was directed by David DeFalco.
  10. Chaos is a 2005 crime film directed by Tony Giglio starring Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, and Wesley Snipes.
  11. The following are fictional characters from Disney's Aladdin franchise.
  12. Hundun is both a "legendary faceless being" in Chinese mythology and the "primordial and central chaos" in Chinese cosmogony, comparable with the World egg.
  13. A vast chasm or abyss; The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony; Any state of disorder, any confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration; A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment; Behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which ...
  14. a taxonomic genus, within family Amoebidae - several very large amoebae
  15. (chaotic) Filled with chaos; Extremely disorganized or in disarray; Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome
  16. (Chaotic) Pertaining to the apparently random behavior of systems that involve non-linear relationships.*
  17. (Chaotic) These are points that do not fit into any of the above categories and whose orbits seem to 'jump around' randomly on the number line. For an example of a chaotic orbit, see the following chart, which shows some of the orbit of x0 = 4 on f(x) = 4x(1 - x):
  18. (Chaotic) Too much is going on in the Signature and it is very hard to make out.
  19. (Chaotic) adj. Embodying chaos; uncontrolled and unpredictable. A chaotic situation is one in which presence of mind is good and absence of body is better.
  20. A distinctive area of broken terrain.
  21. Chaos describes the behavior of a system that appears random, but is actually produced by deep order underneath. Chaos can be characterized by simple deterministic equations. ...
  22. Chief Has Arrived on the Scene
  23. (in  chaos theory (mathematics and mechanics))
  24. chaos often comes up in geophysical contexts. but, which chaos is relevant? see the slides:
  25. A long time behavior of a dynical system characterized by a great deal of irregularity. Typically, two nearby trajectories will diverge exponentially.