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 | ||