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 Definitions of CHAOS  [ˈkeɪ ɒs]  

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Definition of 'CHAOS' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) chaos
a state of utter confusion.

2.  chaos
any disorderly mass.

3.  chaos
the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the creation of the universe.

4.  chaos
Physics, Math.

5.  chaos
the nonlinear, deterministic behavior of certain systems, as the appearance of strange attractors or fractal structure in graphical representations of a system's evolution.

6.  chaos
the discipline that studies such behavior.

7.  chaos
Obs. a chasm or abyss.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L < Gk; akin to chasm)

Definition of 'CHAOS' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
a state of extreme confusion and disorder

2. (noun) chaos
the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos

3. (noun) Chaos
(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe

4. (noun) chaos
(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions


Definition of 'CHAOS' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) chaos
confusion and disorder
a nation in total chaos


Definition of 'CHAOS' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) CHAOS
an empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm

2. (noun) CHAOS
the confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms

3. (noun) CHAOS
any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder


Definitions of 'CHAOS' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  CHAOS
a name in the ancient cosmogomy for the formless void out of which everything at first sprang into existence, or the wide-spread confusion that prevailed before it shaped itself into order under the breath of the spirit of life.


Translation of 'CHAOS' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: complete disorder or confusion
The place was in utter chaos after the burglary.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: chaos Arabic flag Arabic: خَواء، فَوْضى، خَراب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: хаос
Brazilian flag Brazilian: caos Czech flag Czech: chaos German flag German: das Chaos
Danish flag Danish: virvar; kaos Greek flag Greek: χάος Spanish flag Spanish: caos
Estonian flag Estonian: kaos Farsi flag Farsi: به هم ریختگی؛ آشفتگی Finnish flag Finnish: kaaos
French flag French: chaos Hebrew flag Hebrew: תוֹהוּ וָבוֹהוּ Hindi flag Hindi: अव्यवस्था
Croatian flag Croatian: kaos Hungarian flag Hungarian: káosz Indonesian flag Indonesian: kekacauan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kaós, óreiða Italian flag Italian: caos Japanese flag Japanese: 混沌
Korean flag Korean: 혼돈 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: chaosas, netvarka Latvian flag Latvian: haoss
Malay flag Malay: huru-hara Dutch flag Dutch: chaos Norwegian flag Norwegian: kaos
Polish flag Polish: chaos Persian flag Persian: به هم ریختگی؛ آشفتگی Pashto flag Pashto: ګډوډى، بشپړه بې نظمى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: caos Romanian flag Romanian: haos Russian flag Russian: хаос
Slovak flag Slovak: chaos Slovenian flag Slovenian: zmešnjava Serbian flag Serbian: haos
Swedish flag Swedish: kaos Thai flag Thai: ความยุ่งเหยิง Turkish flag Turkish: kaos, kargaşa
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 混亂 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: хаос, безладдя Urdu flag Urdu: افراتفری ، فساد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự hỗn loạn Chinese flag Chinese: 混乱

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