chaos

/ˈkeɪ.ɒs//ˈkeɪ.ɑs/

noun

  1. 1

    The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

  2. 2

    Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

    After the earthquake, the local hospital was in chaos
  3. 3

    A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.

  4. 4

    One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.

  5. 5

    A vast chasm or abyss.

  6. 6

    A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.

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