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disorganisation
English
Alternative forms
- disorganization (American)
Etymology
dis- +? organisation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
disorganisation (countable and uncountable, plural disorganisations)
- Alternative spelling of disorganization
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chaos
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).
In Early Modern English, used in the sense of the original Greek word. In the meaning "primordial matter" from the 16th century. Figurative usage in the sense "confusion, disorder" from the 17th century. The technical sense in mathematics and science dates from the 1960s.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ke?.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ke?.?s/
- Rhymes: -e??s
Noun
chaos (usually uncountable, plural chaoses)
- The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
- Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
- (mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
- (fantasy) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
- (obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.
- (obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.
- , II.ii.3:
- What is the centre of the earth? is it pure element only, as Aristotle decrees, inhabited (as Paracelsus thinks) with creatures whose chaos is the earth: or with fairies, as the woods and waters (according to him) are with nymphs, or as the air with spirits?
- , II.ii.3:
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:disorder
Antonyms
- (classical cosmogony): cosmos
- (state of disorder): order
Derived terms
Related terms
- chaotropic
- chaotropism
Translations
See also
- entropy
- discord
- capricious
Anagrams
- Socha, oshac
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch chaos, from Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos).
Noun
chaos (uncountable)
- chaos (disorder)
- (cosmogony) primordial disorder
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).
Noun
chaos m
- chaos
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa?.?s/
- Hyphenation: cha?os
Noun
chaos m (uncountable)
- chaos (disorder)
- Synonyms: baaierd, rommel, wanorde, warboel
- (cosmogony) primordial disorder
Antonyms
- netheid
- orde
Derived terms
- chaostheoretisch
- chaostheorie
- chaotisch
Descendants
- Afrikaans: chaos
- ? West Frisian: gaos
- ? Indonesian: kaos
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.o/
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
chaos m (uncountable)
- chaos
Further reading
- “chaos” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?k?a.os/, [?k?ä?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.os/, [?k???s]
Noun
chaos n sg (genitive cha?); second declension
- Alternative letter-case form of Chaos
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type), singular only.
References
- chaos in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- chaos in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- chaos in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- chaos in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Polish
Etymology
From Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek ???? (kháos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xa.?s/
Noun
chaos m inan
- chaos
Declension
Derived terms
- chaotyczny
Further reading
- chaos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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