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<span class="bold large">ch.ao/s</span> <span class="medium">|ˈkāˌäs|</span><br/>
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noun<br/>
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<p class="paragraph">complete disorder and confusion: <span class="italic">snow caused chaos in the region</span>.<br/>
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• <span class="sans">Physics</span> behavior so unpredictable as to appear random, owing to great sensitivity to small changes in conditions.<br/>
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• the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe.<br/>
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• (<span class="bold">Chaos</span>) <span class="sans">Greek Mythology</span> the first created being, from which came the primeval deities <a href="#gaia">Gaia</a>, <a href="#tartarus">Tartarus</a>, <a href="#erebus">Erebus</a>, and <a href="#nyx">Nyx</a>.</p><br/>
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ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting a gaping void or chasm, later formless primordial matter): via French and Latin from Greek <span class="bold">khaos ‘vast chasm, void.’</span><br/>
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