chaos
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• noun
A state of complete disorder, confusion, and lack of organization or control.
"The sudden power outage threw the busy train station into total chaos."
In mathematics and physics, the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, making their future states appear random despite being governed by deterministic laws.
"Meteorologists study chaos to understand why long-term weather forecasting remains so difficult."
In mythology and cosmology, the formless, disordered void or primordial matter believed to have existed before the creation of the ordered universe.
"Ancient creation myths often describe how the cosmos emerged out of primordial chaos."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century via Latin from Ancient Greek 'khaos' (meaning 'abyss', 'chasm', or 'vast void'), which initially referred to the primeval emptiness of the universe before things came into being.