NOUN | state | chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness | a state of extreme / extreme confusion and disorder |
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phenomenon | chaos | the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos | |
person | Chaos | (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods | |
cognition | chaos | (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions |
Sounds | key'aas | |
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Rhymes | albatross ... semigloss: 20 rhymes with aas... |
Meaning | A state of extreme / extreme confusion and disorder. | |
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Synonyms | pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness | |
Narrower | balagan | A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian) |
Broader | confusion | disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably |
Spanish | caos, confusión, desbarajuste, desconcierto, pandemonio | |
Catalan | caos, confusió, desconcert, desori | |
Adjectives | chaotic | completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing / confusing |
Meaning | The formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos. | |
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Broader | physical phenomenon | A natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
Spanish | caos | |
Catalan | caos |
Meaning | (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe. | |
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Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Instance of | Greek deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
Spanish | Caos | |
Catalan | Caos |
Meaning | (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions. | |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Broader | dynamical system | (physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space |
Adjectives | chaotic | of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions |
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