chaos
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)lbor. English chaos Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was borrowed through Dutch. Displaced native Old English dwolma. In Early Modern English, used in the sense of the original Greek word. In the meaning “primordial matter” from the 16th century. Figurative usage in the sense “confusion, disorder” from the 17th century. The technical sense in mathematics and science dates from the 1960s.
Definitions
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
Any state of disorder
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
- to descend into chaos
- After the earthquake, the local hospital was in chaos
- or out of these chaoses order may be made, out of this ferment a clear wine of life. There are chaoses that have gone too far for retrieval
A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in…
A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
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One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to…
One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
A vast chasm or abyss.
A given medium
A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of…
In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.
A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors,…
In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.
- Chaos warrior, Chaos daemon
Initialism of congenital high airway obstruction syndrome.
Initialism of can't have anyone over syndrome.
The neighborhood
- synonymdisorder
- antonymcosmosantonym(s) of “classical cosmogony”
- antonymorderantonym(s) of “state of disorder”
- neighborchao-
- neighborentropy
- neighbordiscord
Derived
antichaos, antichaotic, antichaotropic, chaogenous, chaoite, chaolite, chaological, chaologist, chaology, chaomancy, chaophilia, chaophilic, chaoplex, chaoplexic, chaoplexity, chaoplexologist, chaoplexology, chaoptin, chaos cooking, chaoslike, chaos magic, chaosphere, chaos theorist, chaos theory, chaotic, chaotically, chaotician, chaoticist, chaoticity, chaoticness, chaotization, chaotize, chaotolerance, chaotolerant, chaotrope, chaotropic, chaotropism, chaotropy, controlled chaos, homeochaos · +8 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at chaos. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at chaos. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at chaos
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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