Definitions for chaos
ˈkeɪ ɒschaos

Princeton's WordNet(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness(noun)

   a state of extreme confusion and disorder

2. chaos(noun)

   the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos

3. Chaos(noun)

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

4. chaos(noun)

   (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions

Wiktionary(2.67 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chaos(Noun)

   A vast chasm or abyss.

   Etymology: Borrowed from χάος

2. chaos(Noun)

   The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony

   Etymology: Borrowed from χάος

3. chaos(Noun)

   Any state of disorder, any confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

   Etymology: Borrowed from χάος

4. chaos(Noun)

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

   Etymology: Borrowed from χάος

5. chaos(Noun)

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

   Etymology: Borrowed from χάος

6. chaos(Noun)

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

   Etymology: Borrowed from χάος

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Chaos(noun)

   an empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm

   Etymology: [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. Chasm.]

2. Chaos(noun)

   the confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms

   Etymology: [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. Chasm.]

3. Chaos(noun)

   any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder

   Etymology: [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. Chasm.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chaos

   In Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes, Chaos refers to the malevolent entities which live in a different timespace, known as the Warp in Warhammer 40,000 and as the Realm of Chaos in Warhammer Fantasy. The term can refer to these warp entities and their influence, the servants and worshippers of these entities, or even the parallel universe in which these entities are supposed to reside. The most powerful of these warp entities are those known as the Chaos Gods, also sometimes referred to as the Dark Gods, Ruinous Powers, or the Powers of Chaos. Similarities exist between the Warhammer idea of Chaos and the concept of Chaos from Michael Moorcock's Elric saga, which also influenced D&D's alignment system. Further similarities can be seen with the godlike extradimensional Great Old Ones of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's stories.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chaos

   kā′os, n. shapeless mass: disorder: the state of matter before it was reduced to order by the Creator.—adj. Chaot′ic, confused.—adv. Chaot′ically. [Gr.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

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Mythology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chaos

   (Cha′os) allegorically represented the confused mass of matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the world, and out of which the world was formed.

   “... Behold the throne Of Chaos, and his dark pavilion spread Wide on the wasteful deep; with him enthroned Sat sable-vested Night, eldest of all things, The consort of his reign.” (Milton.)

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chaos' in Nouns Frequency: #2153

How to pronounce chaos?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaos in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaos in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of chaos in a Sentence

1. Karen Elliot:

   We can't have democracy in Saudi Arabia, he said, because if we did every tribe would be a party and then we would be like Iraq and would have chaos.

2. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   If there was no Universal Power that controlled the cosmos through Universal Laws, there would be disorder and chaos.

3. Thomas Mann:

   We, when we sow the seeds of doubt deeper than the most up-to-date and modish free-thought has ever dreamed of doing, we well know what we are about. Only out of radical skeptics, out of moral chaos, can the Absolute spring, the anointed Terror of which the time has need.

4. Mike Coffman:

   I get it on the issues, but that doesn't mean he has to create such chaos in the White House and such confusion in the minds of the American people.

5. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   Chaos is a great esthetician who accidentally generated the most beautiful landscapes of nature and the unique beauty of man. Author: Musin Almat Zhumabekovich

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