Definitions
(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
Word origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was borrowed through Dutch. Displaced native Old English dwolma.
Used in a sentence
“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”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Total disorder”5 letters
02“Complete disorder”5 letters
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