chaos

n. total lack of order, confusion

CHAOS can be acronym or proper name for:C.H.A.O.S., "Create Havoc Around Our System", used by the Association of Flight Attendants for intermittent work stoppages or strikesCHAOS (Linux distribution), a Linux distribution designed for ad-hoc computer clusteringCHAOS (Linux Clustering), an extension to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution that operates many of the supercomputersU.S.CHAOS is a first-wave hardcore punk band from New Jersey, USA
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Chaos (derived from the Greek , Chaos) typically refers to unpredictability, and is the antithetical concept of cosmos. The word did not mean "disorder" in classical-period ancient Greece. It meant "the primal emptiness, space" (see Chaos (mythology)). Chaos 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 Ginnungagap. Due to people misunderstanding early Christian uses of the word, the meaning of the word changed to "disorder". (The Ancient Greek for "disorder" is .).
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Noun
1. (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
(hypernym) Greek deity
(classification) Greek mythology

Noun
1. a state of extreme confusion and disorder
(synonym) pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
(hypernym) confusion
(hyponym) balagan
2. the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
(hypernym) physical phenomenon
3. (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
(hypernym) dynamical system
(classification) physics, physical science, natural philosophy

n. chaos, total lack of order, confusion, mess, disorder

n. chaos, pandemonium