"chaos" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ [UK], /ˈkeɪ.ɑs/ [US] Audio: Chaos in RP.wav [UK], en-us-chaos.ogg [US] Forms: chaoses [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪɒs Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was borrowed through Dutch. In Early Modern English, used in the sense of the original Greek word. In the meaning "primordial matter" from the 16th century. Figurative usage in the sense "confusion, disorder" from the 17th century. The technical sense in mathematics and science dates from the 1960s. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|χάος|t=vast chasm, void}} Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”), {{doublet|en|gas}} Doublet of gas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} chaos (usually uncountable, plural chaoses)
  1. The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (in classical cosmogony): χάος (kháos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), 混沌 (hùndùn) (Chinese Mandarin), chaos [masculine] (Dutch), baaierd [masculine] (Dutch), kaaos (Finnish), χάος (cháos) [neuter] (Greek), תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ (tóhu vavóhu) [masculine] (Hebrew), 混沌 (konton) (alt: こんとん) (Japanese), ха́ос (háos) [masculine] (Macedonian), dwolma [masculine] (Old English), chaos [masculine] (Polish), haos [neuter] (Romanian), ха́ос (xáos) [masculine] (Russian), хао́с (xaós) [masculine] (Russian), caos (Spanish), dimayaw (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-chaos-en-noun-d8eqowYd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Chaos theory Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 13 27 2 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 18 15 3 20 Disambiguation of Chaos theory: 27 21 17 14 1 20 Disambiguation of 'in classical cosmogony': 59 4 11 7 4 15
  2. Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of disorder): rrëmujë [feminine] (Albanian), ταραχή (tarakhḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), فَوْضَى (fawḍā) [feminine] (Arabic), لخبطة (laḵbaṭa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), حوسة (ḥōsa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), خربطة (ḵarbaṭa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), քաոս (kʿaos) (Armenian), hərc-mərclik (Azerbaijani), хао́с (xaós) [masculine] (Belarusian), ха́ас (xáas) [masculine] (Belarusian), хаос (haos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), безредие (bezredie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), caos [masculine] (Catalan), 混沌 (hùndùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 混亂 (Chinese Mandarin), 混乱 (hùnluàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 渾沌 (Chinese Mandarin), 浑沌 (húndùn) (Chinese Mandarin), chaos [masculine] (Czech), kaos [neuter] (Danish), chaos [masculine] (Dutch), wanorde [common-gender] (Dutch), ĥaoso (Esperanto), kaoso (Esperanto), kaos (Estonian), tohuvabohu (Estonian), kaaos (Finnish), epäjärjestys (Finnish), sekasorto (Finnish), chaos [masculine] (French), caos [masculine] (Galician), ქაოსი (kaosi) (Georgian), Chaos [neuter] (German), Unordnung [feminine] (German), Durcheinander n. Wirrwarr [masculine] (German), Wirrsal [feminine, neuter] (German), Chrüsimüsi [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), χάος (cháos) [neuter] (Greek), תוהו ובוהו (tóhu vavóhu) (Hebrew), כאוס (kéos) (Hebrew), káosz (Hungarian), ringulreið [feminine] (Icelandic), kaoso (Ido), kekacauan (Indonesian), prahara (Indonesian), chaos (Interlingua), anord [masculine] (Irish), caos [masculine] (Italian), 混乱 (konran) (alt: こんらん) (Japanese), 無秩序 (muchitsujo) (alt: むちつじょ) (Japanese), 混沌 (konton) (alt: こんとん) (Japanese), カオス (kaosu) (Japanese), សង្ករ (saŋ, sɑŋkɑɑ, sɑŋka’ra’) (Khmer), 혼돈 (hondon) (alt: 混沌) (Korean), haoss [masculine] (Latvian), chaosas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ха́ос (háos) [masculine] (Macedonian), безре́дие (bezrédie) [neuter] (Macedonian), huru hara (Malay), kaumingomingo (Maori), aneatanga (english: As an aftermath of war/ conflict) (Maori), эмх замбараагүй байдал (emx zambaraagüj bajdal) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), kaos (Norwegian), dwolma [masculine] (Old English), قارش (karış) (Ottoman Turkish), آشوب (âšub) (Persian), Wirwoa [masculine] (Plautdietsch), chaos [masculine] (Polish), caos [masculine] (Portuguese), haos [neuter] (Romanian), caos [masculine] (Romansch), ха́ос (xáos) [masculine] (Russian), хао́с (xaós) [masculine] (Russian), беспоря́док (besporjádok) [masculine] (Russian), хаос [Bosnian, Cyrillic, Serbian, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), каос [Croatian, Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), haos [Bosnian, Roman, Serbian, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaos [Croatian, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaos [masculine] (Slovene), caos (Spanish), kesheshe (Swahili), kaos [neuter] (Swedish), dimayaw (Tagalog), kaguluhan (Tagalog), ความยุ่งเหยิง (kwaam-yûng-yə̌əng) (Thai), ความโกลาหล (kwaam-goo-laa-hǒn) (Thai), ความสับสนวุ่นวาย (Thai), хао́с (xaós) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hỗn loạn (alt: 混亂) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-chaos-en-noun-bQlAad7K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 13 27 2 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 18 15 3 20 Disambiguation of 'state of disorder': 22 74 1 1 0 2
  3. (mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics): хаос (haos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 混沌 (hùndùn) (Chinese Mandarin), kaaos (Finnish), χάος (cháos) [neuter] (Greek), カオス (kaosu) (Japanese), ха́ос (háos) [masculine] (Macedonian), chaos [masculine] (Polish), haos [neuter] (Romanian), ха́ос (xáos) [masculine] (Russian), хао́с (xaós) [masculine] (Russian), kaos [neuter] (Swedish), dimayaw (Tagalog), ความอลวน (Thai), ความโกลาหล (kwaam-goo-laa-hǒn) (Thai), ความไร้ระเบียบ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-chaos-en-noun-VAwRADgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 13 27 2 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 18 15 3 20 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics': 0 14 70 0 0 16
  4. (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fantasy
    Sense id: en-chaos-en-noun-vfGcIu8g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 13 27 2 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 18 15 3 20 Topics: fantasy
  5. (obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chaos-en-noun-zYcvpTg2
  6. (obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment. Tags: obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-chaos-en-noun-VgKq-Fjw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 12 13 27 2 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 20 18 15 3 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disorder Derived forms: chaos magic, chaos theorist, chaos theory, chaotic, chaotician, chaotropic, controlled chaos Related terms: chaotropic, chaotropism, entropy, discord

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1977, Irwin Edman, Adam, the Baby, and the Man from Mars, page 54",
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          "sense": "state of disorder",
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          "sense": "state of disorder",
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hondon",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "혼돈"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haoss"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaosas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "háos",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́ос"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bezrédie",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безре́дие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "huru hara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "kaumingomingo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "As an aftermath of war/ conflict",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "aneatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "emx zambaraagüj bajdal",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эмх замбараагүй байдал"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwolma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "karış",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "قارش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âšub",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "آشوب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirwoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "haos"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xáos",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́ос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xaós",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хао́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besporjádok",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "беспоря́док"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnian",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хаос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Croatian",
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "каос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnian",
        "Roman",
        "Serbian",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "Croatian",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "caos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "kesheshe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "dimayaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "kaguluhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-yûng-yə̌əng",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "ความยุ่งเหยิง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-goo-laa-hǒn",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "ความโกลาหล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "ความสับสนวุ่นวาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xaós",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хао́с"
    },
    {
      "alt": "混亂",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of disorder",
      "word": "hỗn loạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "haos",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хаос"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hùndùn",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "混沌"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "kaaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cháos",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χάος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaosu",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "カオス"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "háos",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́ос"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "haos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xáos",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ха́ос"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xaós",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хао́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "dimayaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "ความอลวน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-goo-laa-hǒn",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "ความโกลาหล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "mathematics",
      "word": "ความไร้ระเบียบ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Chaos (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "chaos"
}

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