English noun: chaos | |||
1. | chaos (state) a state of extreme confusion and disorder | ||
Synonyms | bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | confusion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | balagan | ||
2. | chaos (phenomenon) the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos | ||
Broader (hypernym) | physical phenomenon | ||
3. | Chaos (person) (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe | ||
Instance hypernym | Greek deity | ||
Domain category | Greek mythology | ||
4. | chaos (cognition) (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dynamical system | ||
Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||