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| cha·os [ káy òss ] |
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1. disorder: a state of complete disorder and confusion
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2. cosmology earliest condition of universe: the unbounded space and formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe
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3. physics apparent disorder: the unpredictability inherent in a system such as the weather, in which apparently random changes occur as a result of the system's extreme sensitivity to small differences in initial conditions
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| [15th century. Directly or via French< Latin< Greek khaos "void, abyss"] |
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