See butterfly effect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "թիթեռի էֆեկտ"
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"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
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"word": "პეპლის ეფექტი"
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"code": "it",
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"code": "ja",
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"word": "バタフライ効果"
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"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"word": "나비 효과"
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"roman": "baṭṭaṟphlai iphakṭŭ",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"word": "ബട്ടർഫ്ലൈ ഇഫക്ട്"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"word": "اثر پروانهای"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"tags": [
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"word": "efekt motyla"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
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"masculine"
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"word": "efeito borboleta"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"word": "эффе́кт ба́бочки"
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "motýlí efekt"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
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"masculine"
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"word": "efecto mariposa"
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{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "paṭṭāmpūcci viḷaivu",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"word": "பட்டாம்பூச்சி விளைவு"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"word": "kelebek etkisi"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "efekt metelyka",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ефект метелика"
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "titlī asar",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "تتلی اثر"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory",
"word": "hiệu ứng bươm bướm"
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"A Sound of Thunder",
"Chaos: Making a New Science",
"Edward Lorenz",
"Lorenz attractor",
"Ray Bradbury",
"butterfly effect"
],
"word": "butterfly effect"
}
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