chaos
/ˈkeɪ.ɒs//ˈkeɪ.ɑs/
noun
- 1
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
- 2
Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
“After the earthquake, the local hospital was in chaos”
- 3
A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
- 4
One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
- 5
A vast chasm or abyss.
- 6
A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
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