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Chaos - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Chaos : (noun)
1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: pandemonium,
bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness]
2: the formless and disordered state of matter before the
creation of the cosmos
3: (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the
personification of the infinity of space preceding
creation of the universe [syn: Chaos]
4: (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to
its initial conditions
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Chaos : \Cha"os\ (k[=a]"[o^]s), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 &
2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to
open widely. Cf. Chasm.]
1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. [Archaic]
Between us and there is fixed a great chaos. --Luke
xvi. 26
(Rhemish
Trans.).
2. The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter
before the creation of distinct and orderly forms.
3. Any confused or disordered collection or state of things;
a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Chaos :
A property of some non-linear dynamic systems which exhibit
sensitive dependence on initial conditions. This means that
there are initial states which evolve within some finite time
to states whose separation in one or more dimensions of state
space depends, in an average sense, exponentially on their
initial separation. Such systems may still be completely
deterministic in that any future state of the system depends
only on the initial conditions and the equations describing
the change of the system with time. It may, however, require
arbitrarily high precision to actually calculate a future
state to within some finite precision.
["On defining chaos", R. Glynn Holt
and D. Lynn Holt
.
ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etext/ippe/preprints/phil_of_science/holt_and_holt.on_defining_chaos)">(ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etext/ippe/preprints/Phil_of_Science/Holt_and_Holt.On_Defining_Chaos)]
Fixed precision floating-point arithmetic, as used by most
computers, may actually introduce chaotic dependence on
initial conditions due to the accumulation of rounding errors
(which constitutes a non-linear system).
(1995-02-07)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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