chaos theory

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noun

The study of chaos or disorder in systems, specifically iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time, and where within apparent randomness there are underlying patterns; (countable) one of such theories.

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Etymology tree English chaos English theory English chaos theory From chaos + theory.

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