2006-07-01 10:55:03 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
oh, then how set then in order?
2006-07-01 10:58:52 · update #1
Chaos derives from the Greek Χάος and typically refers to unpredictability. In the metaphysical sense, it is the opposite of law and order: unrestrictive, both creative and destructive.
The word χάος did not mean "disorder" in classical-period ancient Greece. It meant "the primal emptiness, space". It is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ghn or ghen meaning "gape, be wide open": compare "chasm" (from Greek), and Anglo-Saxon gānian (= "yawn"), geanian, ginian (= "gape wide"); see also Old Norse Ginnunga Gap. Due to people misunderstanding early Christian uses of the word, the meaning of the word changed to "disorder". (The Ancient Greek for "disorder" is ταραχη.).
Mathematically chaos means an aperiodic deterministic behavior which is very sensitive to its initial conditions, i.e. infinitesimal perturbations of boundary conditions for a chaotic dynamic system originate finite variations of the orbit in the phase space
2006-07-01 11:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by Britness 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cha·os ( P )
n.
A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
Mathematics. A dynamical system that has a sensitive dependence on its initial conditions.
Obsolete. An abyss; a chasm.
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[Middle English, formless primordial space, from Latin, from Greek khaos.]
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cha·otic (-tk) adj.
cha·oti·cal·ly adv.
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chaos
n 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
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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
(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)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2005 Denis Howe
chaos
CHAOS: in Acronym Finder
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chaos
chaos: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
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2006-07-01 18:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by Fealya~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chaos is madness, trouble, extreme confusion, disorder, turmoil, anarchy, discord, bewilderment, complication, intricacy, muss, untidiness, complexity, difficulty, mistake, tumult, pandemonium, commotion, stir, ferment, disarray, jumble, bustle, row, riot, uproar, fracar, distraction, agitation, emotional upset, fog, daze, dismay, haze, consternation, ricket, excitement, turbulence, uncertainty, astonishment, suprise , and convulsion. cha·os ( P )
n.
A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
Mathematics. A dynamical system that has a sensitive dependence on its initial conditions.
Obsolete. An abyss; a chasm.
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[Middle English, formless primordial space, from Latin, from Greek khaos.]
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cha·otic (-tk) adj.
cha·oti·cal·ly adv.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
chaos
n 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
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.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)
chaos
CHAOS: in Acronym Finder
Source: Acronym Finder, © 1988-2004 Mountain Data Systems
chaos
chaos: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary
Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB
2006-07-01 18:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by neopetsrockstar10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chaos is the lack of order. Confusion and disorder.
2006-07-01 17:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Jennica 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you own a dictionary? It's a word that means out of order, a mess, hell, something horrible, terrible, it's a negative word, I love it. Chaos....sound nice doesn't it, I wrote a story called Chaos in Hell...not done yet.
2006-07-01 18:00:36 · answer #5 · answered by Velvet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a deep breath and look at the map, and point the war zones against its reasons, you will now what chaos is
2006-07-01 18:00:13 · answer #6 · answered by Nader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chaos is what the moral majority deems to be chaos so whatever they say is wrong seems to fly with the intelligent few that exist on earth
2006-07-01 21:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by Bree 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chaos is used to describe anything we can't understand.
2006-07-01 18:07:58 · answer #8 · answered by blacksheepmatt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lack of order, you cant set things in 'order'. The unifying or all pervasive 2nd law mandates the eventual disorder of the universe....(AKA :entropy).
2006-07-03 04:16:58 · answer #9 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The absence of order where nothing makes sense
2006-07-01 17:58:29 · answer #10 · answered by ladyviciousblade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋