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Piotr’s man swung closed the front door of Vorkosigan House, shutting out three-fourths of the chaos.
Все вошли в дом, и дворецкий захлопнул входную дверь.
Bujold, Lois McMaster / BarrayarБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Барраяр
Барраяр
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© 1991 by Lois McMaster Bujold
© перевод Т.Л. Черезовой, 1996
Barrayar
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© 1991 by Lois McMaster Bujold
In this chapter, we will extend that study and will see how R/S analysis can distinguish between noisy chaos and fractional noise.
В этой главе мы расширим это исследование и увидим, как R/S-анализ может различать шумовой хаос и дробный шум.
Peters, Edgar E. / Fractal market analysis : applying chaos theory to investment and economicsПетерс, Эдгар Э. / Фрактальный анализ финансовых рынков: применение теории Хаоса в инвестициях и экономике
Фрактальный анализ финансовых рынков: применение теории Хаоса в инвестициях и экономике
Петерс, Эдгар Э.
© Originally published by John Wiley&Sons, Inc., 2003
© ООО «Интернет-трейдинг», 2004 г. (перевод)
Fractal market analysis : applying chaos theory to investment and economics
Peters, Edgar E.
© 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
The existing paradigm becomes a special case of the new, more complex models, which can be generated using fractals and chaos.
Существующая парадигма становится специальным случаем новой, более сложной модели, которая может совместить фракталы, хаос или другие нелинейные методы.
Peters, Edgar E. / Chaos and Order in the Capital Markets: A New View of Cycles, Prices, and Market VolatilityПетерс, Эдгар Э. / Хаос и порядок на рынках капитала. Новый аналитический взгляд на циклы, цены и изменчивость рынка
Хаос и порядок на рынках капитала. Новый аналитический взгляд на циклы, цены и изменчивость рынка
Петерс, Эдгар Э.
© 1996 by Edgar E. Peters
© перевод на русский язык, оформление, «Мир», 2000
Chaos and Order in the Capital Markets: A New View of Cycles, Prices, and Market Volatility
Peters, Edgar E.
© 1996 by Edgar E. Peters
Time to convert that chaos into order.
Настало время превратить хаос в порядок.
Berry, Steve / The Alexandria LinkБерри, Стив / Александрийское звено
Александрийское звено
Берри, Стив
© 2007 by Steve Berry
© А. Новиков, перевод с английского, 2009
© ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», издание на русском языке, 2009
The Alexandria Link
Berry, Steve
Sandy peered through the controlled chaos farther down the platform.
— Сэнди вгляделся в ту суматоху в конце платформы, где пытались навести порядок.
Wilson, Paul Francis / HostsВилсон, Пол Фрэнсис / Пожиратели сознания
Пожиратели сознания
Вилсон, Пол Фрэнсис
Hosts
Wilson, Paul Francis
It was a wild chaos where axe and sword rose and fell, while Englishman, Norman, and Italian staggered and reeled on a deck which was cumbered with bodies and slippery with blood.
Воцарился дикий хаос, в котором топоры и мечи поднимались и опускались, а англичане, нормандцы и итальянцы скользили и спотыкались, сражаясь на палубе, заваленной трупами и ослизлой от крови.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / White CompanyКонан Дойль, Артур / Белый отряд
Белый отряд
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство «Правда», 1966
White Company
Conan Doyle, Arthur
He had immediately been called in for questioning by Krylenko, who, earlier and always, as the reader already knows, was organizing the chaos of the preliminary inquiry into efficient interrogation.
И тут его вызвал на допрос Крыленко, который как всегда и раньше, читатель уже знает, организовывал стройное следствие из хаоса дознания.
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr / The Gulag ArchipelagoСолженицын, Александр / Архипелаг Гулаг
Архипелаг Гулаг
Солженицын, Александр
© Русский Общественный Фонд Александра Солженицына, 2009
The Gulag Archipelago
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
© 1973 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
© 1973, 1974 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
© 1985 by The Russian Social Fund
What can possibly rise from this chaos?
Что получится из этого хаоса?
Mirvis, Philip,Ayas, Karen,Roth, George / To the Desert and Back. The Story of One of the Most Dramatic Business Transformations on RecordМирвис, Филип,Аяс, Карен,Рот, Джордж / В пустыню и обратно. История самого грандиозного корпоративного тренинга
В пустыню и обратно. История самого грандиозного корпоративного тренинга
Мирвис, Филип,Аяс, Карен,Рот, Джордж
© 2003, by Philip Mirvis, Karen Ayas and George Roth
© Издание на русском языке, перевод, оформление ООО «Альпина Бизнес Букс», 2006
© перевод с английского И.Окуньковой
To the Desert and Back. The Story of One of the Most Dramatic Business Transformations on Record
Mirvis, Philip,Ayas, Karen,Roth, George
© 2003, by Philip Mirvis, Karen Ayas and George Roth
Some sixth sense enabled him to tell apart, in the chaos of ruined buildings and alleyways, the houses where his own soldiers were cooking their buckwheat kasha and those where the Germans were eating fatback bacon and drinking schnapps.
Внутреннее чувство помогало в путанице развалин, улочек ощутить, в каком доме варят кашу красноармейцы, в каком едят шпик и пьют шнапс немецкие автоматчики.
Grossman, Vasily / Life and FateГроссман, Василий / Жизнь и судьба
Жизнь и судьба
Гроссман, Василий
© Издательство «Книжная палата», 1988
Life and Fate
Grossman, Vasily
© 1980 by Editions L’Age D’Homme
© 1985 by Collins Harvill
Every soldier in the room. descended on Big Tom in a shouting chaos of anger and outrage.
Все находящиеся в помещении солдаты, охваченные гневом и жаждой крови, навалились на Тома.
Stasheff, Christopher / The Warlock in Spite of HimselfСташефф, Кристофер / Чародей поневоле
Чародей поневоле
Сташефф, Кристофер
© Copyright перевод Сергей Славгородский
The Warlock in Spite of Himself
Stasheff, Christopher
© 1969 by Christopher Stasheff
I shall oppose with the greatest energy a second revolutionary wave, for it would result in a chaos.
Я со всей энергией воспротивлюсь второй революционной волне, так как она повлечет за собой настоящий хаос.
Delarue, Jacques / The Gestapo: A History of HorrorДеларю, Жак / История гестапо
История гестапо
Деларю, Жак
© Перевод на русский язык Издательская группа «Прогресс» 1992
© 1962, «Fayard»
The Gestapo: A History of Horror
Delarue, Jacques
© Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2008
©Jacques Delarue, 2008
The country descended into civil war and chaos;
Страна погрузилась в бездну гражданской войны и хаоса;
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
The result was that an indescribable chaos of odors reigned in the House of Baldini.
В результате в доме Бальдини царил неописуемый хаос запахов.
Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererЗюскинд, Патрик / Парфюмер. История одного убийцы
Парфюмер. История одного убийцы
Зюскинд, Патрик
© Э.В. Венгерова, перевод, 1999
© «Азбука-классика», 2002
© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG Zürich
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Suskind, Patrick
© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf
© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
Azzie continued to push his way forward, on the crest of an advancing wave of chaos.
На гребне надвигающейся волны всеобщего хаоса Аззи упрямо проталкивался к одному ему известной цели.
Zelazny, Roger,Sheckley, Robert / Bring Me the Head of Prince CharmingЖелязны, Роджер,Шекли, Роберт / Принеси мне голову Прекрасного принца
Принеси мне голову Прекрасного принца
Желязны, Роджер,Шекли, Роберт
© 1991 by Amber Corporation and Robert Sheckley
© Перевод. А. К. Андреев, Н. Б. Шварцман, 2004
Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming
Zelazny, Roger,Sheckley, Robert
© 1991 by Amber Corporation and Robert Sheckley
And it was into this incipient chaos that poor Stepan Trofimovitch was thrust.
И вот в этот-то начинающийся хаос и попал бедный Степан Трофимович…
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство «Художественная литература», 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
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chaos1/2
‘keɪɔsNounхаос; полный беспорядокExamples
complete / total / utter chaos — совершенный беспорядок, полный хаос
economic chaos — экономический хаос
political chaos — политические беспорядки
a state of chaos — состояние беспорядка
to cause / create chaos — создать беспорядок, создать полный хаос
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неразбериха, хаус ( хаотично).В классе( учебный класс) хаос
Collocations
chaos paradigm
парадигма неструктурного программирования
homogeneous chaos
однородная неупорядоченность
initial chaos
первозданный хаос
original chaos
первозданный хаос
state of chaos
хаотичность
Chao Phraya
Менам-Чао-Прая
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was borrowed through Dutch.
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[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪ.ɑs/
- Rhymes: -eɪɒs
Noun[edit]
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.
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to descend into chaos
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After the earthquake, the local hospital was in chaos
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1977, Irwin Edman, Adam, the Baby, and the Man from Mars, page 54:
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or out of these chaoses order may be made, out of this ferment a clear wine of life. There are chaoses that have gone too far for retrieval
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- (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[edit]
- See Thesaurus:disorder
Antonyms[edit]
- (classical cosmogony): cosmos
- (state of disorder): order
Derived terms[edit]
- chaos magic
- chaos theorist
- chaos theory
- chaotic
- chaotician
- chaotropic
- controlled chaos
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- chaotropic
- chaotropism
Translations[edit]
in classical cosmogony
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 混沌 (zh) (hùndùn)
- Dutch: chaos (nl) m, baaierd (nl) m
- Finnish: kaaos (fi)
- Greek: χάος (el) n (cháos)
- Ancient Greek: χάος n (kháos)
- Hebrew: תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ m (tóhu vavóhu) (Gen. 1:2)
- Japanese: 混沌 (ja) (こんとん, konton)
- Macedonian: ха́ос m (háos)
- Old English: dwolma m
- Polish: chaos (pl) m
- Romanian: haos (ro) n
- Russian: ха́ос (ru) m (xáos), хао́с (ru) m (xaós)
- Spanish: caos (es)
- Tagalog: dimayaw
state of disorder
- Albanian: rrëmujë (sq) f
- Arabic: فَوْضَى f (fawḍā)
- Hijazi Arabic: لخبطة f (laḵbaṭa), حوسة f (ḥōsa), خربطة f (ḵarbaṭa)
- Armenian: քաոս (hy) (kʿaos)
- Azerbaijani: hərc-mərclik
- Belarusian: хао́с m (xaós), ха́ас m (xáas)
- Bulgarian: хаос (bg) m (haos), безредие (bg) n (bezredie)
- Catalan: caos (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 混沌 (zh) (hùndùn), 混亂/混乱 (zh) (hùnluàn), 渾沌/浑沌 (zh) (húndùn)
- Czech: chaos (cs) m
- Danish: kaos n
- Dutch: chaos (nl) m, wanorde (nl) c
- Esperanto: ĥaoso, kaoso
- Estonian: kaos, tohuvabohu (et)
- Finnish: kaaos (fi), epäjärjestys (fi), sekasorto (fi)
- French: chaos (fr) m
- Galician: caos (gl) m
- Georgian: ქაოსი (ka) (kaosi)
- German: Chaos (de) n, Unordnung (de) f, Durcheinander (de) n. Wirrwarr (de) m, Wirrsal (de) f or n
- Alemannic German: Chrüsimüsi n
- Greek: χάος (el) n (cháos)
- Ancient Greek: ταραχή f (tarakhḗ)
- Hebrew: תוהו ובוהו (he) (tóhu vavóhu), כאוס (he) (kéos)
- Hungarian: káosz (hu)
- Icelandic: ringulreið (is) f
- Ido: kaoso (io)
- Indonesian: kekacauan (id), prahara (id)
- Interlingua: chaos
- Irish: anord m
- Italian: caos (it) m
- Japanese: 混乱 (ja) (こんらん, konran), 無秩序 (むちつじょ, muchitsujo), 混沌 (ja) (こんとん, konton), カオス (ja) (kaosu)
- Khmer: សង្ករ (km) (saŋ, sɑŋkɑɑ, sɑŋka’ra’)
- Korean: 혼돈(混沌) (ko) (hondon)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: haoss m
- Lithuanian: chaosas m
- Macedonian: ха́ос m (háos), безре́дие n (bezrédie)
- Malay: huru hara
- Norwegian: kaos (no)
- Old English: dwolma m
- Pashto: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: آشوب (fa) (âšub)
- Plautdietsch: Wirwoa m
- Polish: chaos (pl) m, bezład (pl) m
- Portuguese: caos (pt) m
- Romanian: haos (ro) n
- Romansch: caos m
- Russian: ха́ос (ru) m (xáos), хао́с (ru) m (xaós), беспоря́док (ru) m (besporjádok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хаос m (Bosnian, Serbian), каос m (Croatian)
- Roman: haos (sh) m (Bosnian, Serbian), kaos (sh) m (Croatian)
- Slovene: kaos m
- Spanish: caos (es)
- Swahili: kesheshe
- Swedish: kaos (sv) n
- Tagalog: dimayaw, kaguluhan
- Thai: ความยุ่งเหยิง (th) (kwaam-yûng-yə̌əng), ความโกลาหล (th) (kwaam-goo-laa-hǒn), ความสับสนวุ่นวาย
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: хао́с m (xaós)
- Vietnamese: hỗn loạn (vi) (混亂)
mathematics
- Bulgarian: хаос (bg) m (haos)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 混沌 (zh) (hùndùn)
- Finnish: kaaos (fi)
- Greek: χάος (el) n (cháos)
- Japanese: カオス (ja) (kaosu)
- Macedonian: ха́ос m (háos)
- Polish: chaos (pl) m
- Romanian: haos (ro) n
- Russian: ха́ос (ru) m (xáos), хао́с (ru) m (xaós)
- Swedish: kaos (sv) n
- Tagalog: dimayaw
- Thai: ความอลวน, ความโกลาหล (th) (kwaam-goo-laa-hǒn), ความไร้ระเบียบ
See also[edit]
- entropy
- discord
- capricious
Anagrams[edit]
- Socha, oshac
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch chaos, from Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
Noun[edit]
chaos (uncountable)
- chaos (disorder)
- (cosmogony) primordial disorder
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ˈxaos]
Noun[edit]
chaos m
- chaos (state of disorder)
- Antonym: řád
- 1875, Josef Durdík, Všeobecná aesthetika.[1]:
- Ano i když pomíjíme všechny všednější odstíny smyslu, básníci velebí řád, myslíce si při tom na protivu jeho, chaos, a vědouce, že ve všem co se líbí, musí být jistý řád; a na druhé straně mají právě zas řád za průjev nesvobody […]
Declension[edit]
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- chaotický
See also[edit]
- zmatek
- změť
- nepořádek
- neřád
- nahodilost
- entropie
- nekonzistence
Further reading[edit]
- chaos in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- chaos in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- chaos in Internetová jazyková příručka
- «chaos a řád» in Google Books search
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch caos, from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈxaː.ɔs/
- Hyphenation: cha‧os
Noun[edit]
chaos m (uncountable)
- chaos (disorder)
- Synonyms: baaierd, rommel, wanorde, warboel
- (cosmogony) primordial disorder
Antonyms[edit]
- netheid
- orde
Derived terms[edit]
- chaostheoretisch
- chaostheorie
- chaotisch
- gas
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: chaos
- → West Frisian: gaos
- → Indonesian: kaos
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ka.o/
- Rhymes: -o
Noun[edit]
chaos m (uncountable)
- chaos
Further reading[edit]
- “chaos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰa.os/, [ˈkʰäɔs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.os/, [ˈkäːos]
Noun[edit]
chaos n sg (genitive chaī); second declension
- Alternative letter-case form of Chaos
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | chaos |
Genitive | chaī |
Dative | chaō |
Accusative | chaos |
Ablative | chaō |
Vocative | chaos |
References[edit]
- “chaos”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “chaos”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈxa.ɔs/
- Rhymes: -aɔs
- Syllabification: cha‧os
Noun[edit]
chaos m inan
- chaos
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- chaotyczny
Further reading[edit]
- chaos in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chaos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ˈxaos]
Noun[edit]
chaos m inan (genitive singular chaosu, nominative plural chaosy, genitive plural chaosov, declension pattern of dub)
- chaos
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- chaos in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
any confused, disorderly mass: a chaos of meaningless phrases.
the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the existence of the ordered universe.
(initial capital letter) the personification of this in any of several ancient Greek myths.
Obsolete. a chasm or abyss.
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Origin of chaos
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin, Greek cháos; akin to chasm, yawn, gape
historical usage of chaos
Chaos comes via Latin chaos from Greek cháos “the first state of the universe, the formless state of primordial matter, (personified) the parent of Darkness and Night, infinite and empty space, expanse of air.” The original Greek meaning of cháos was “hole, empty space, yawning opening,” from an unrecorded cháwos and related to the adjective chaûnos “loose, spongy, having holes.”
The first meaning in English was “an immeasurable and formless void, infinite darkness,” especially in reference to the state that preceded God’s Creation of the universe. The current meaning “a state of utter confusion and disorder (resembling the primordial state)” first appeared about 1533.
Words nearby chaos
Chaochow, Chao K’uang-yin, chaology, Chao Phraya, chaordic, chaos, chaos theory, chaotic, Chaozhou, chap, Chapala
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Words related to chaos
anarchy, disarray, discord, disorder, lawlessness, pandemonium, tumult, turmoil, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all, misrule, mix up, mobocracy, muddle, snarl, unruliness
How to use chaos in a sentence
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Amid the chaos, Robinhood and other trading platforms blocked investors from purchasing GameStop for a time, and then set limits to the number of shares customers could purchase.
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In Chandrasekar’s paintings, chaos and order don’t merely coexist but actually harmonize.
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He clutched law enforcement tight as he argued that his presidency was in essence the only barrier between order and chaos.
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Dev Patel’s turn in “The Personal History of David Copperfield” might have been somewhat overlooked by viewers at home due to the film being released amid pandemic chaos, but Andy Samberg certainly caught their attention with Hulu’s “Palm Springs.”
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Last week, broad anxiety over the consequences of the market chaos and worrying economic data fueled widespread losses.
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He needed his art because, offstage, the chaos was sometimes too much.
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The excitement of the event and everything else was just chaos, so you’re suddenly like: ‘Actually it’s a boy in the end.’
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Jackson was a poor disciplinarian whose classroom often seemed on the edge of complete chaos.
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Perhaps, as one cardinal recently complained, the chaos is the plan.
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Meanwhile, their Missouri hometown appears to be on the brink of chaos.
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There’s Madame Ratignolle; because she keeps up her music, she doesn’t let everything else go to chaos.
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Take all the little fishergirls away from Paris—from the Quartier Latin—and you would find chaos and a morgue!
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On coming into London, we found the streets in a condition of chaos, owing to repairs in the pavement.
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The combined forces of Sheridan and Wright attacked the troops of Early and drove them from the area in great chaos.
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I had to make, of course, another expedition to Jaffery’s chambers, in order to restore to order the chaos that Doria had made.
British Dictionary definitions for chaos
noun
complete disorder; utter confusion
(usually capital) the disordered formless matter supposed to have existed before the ordered universe
an obsolete word for abyss
Derived forms of chaos
chaotic (keɪˈɒtɪk), adjectivechaotically, adverb
Word Origin for chaos
C15: from Latin, from Greek khaos; compare chasm, yawn
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Scientific definitions for chaos
The behavior of systems that follow deterministic laws but appear random and unpredictable. Chaotic systems very are sensitive to initial conditions; small changes in those conditions can lead to quite different outcomes. One example of chaotic behavior is the flow of air in conditions of turbulence. See more at fractal.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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Cultural definitions for chaos
A new branch of science that deals with systems whose evolution depends very sensitively upon the initial conditions. Turbulent flows of fluids (such as white water in a river) and the prediction of the weather are two areas where chaos theory has been applied with some success.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Chaos is a situation where everything is in complete disorder and randomness. Things are out of control, unpredictable, and in a state of complete confusion.
If you’re looking for adjectives to describe chaos, you might go with “disorderly,” “unpredictable,” “confusing,” or “shambolic.” Alternatively, you could describe the Chaos by using adjectives for chaos below
1.Vicious
2.Uncontrollable
3.Atrocious
4.Barbaric
5.Hateful
6.Despicable
7.Nasty
8.Evil
9.Mean
10.Selfish
11.Ignorant
12.Arrogant
13.Rude
14.Lazy
15.Cocky
16.Smug
17.Jealous
18.Envious
19.Malicious
20.Greedy
21.Dishonest
22.Untrustworthy
23.Unreliable
24.Incompetent
25.Inexperienced
26.Naive
27.Timid
28.Cowardly
29.Unprepared
30.Reckless
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Adjectives for Chaotic Life:
1. hectic
2. busy
3. frantic
4. crazy
5. chaotic
6. disorganized
7. cluttered
8. overwhelming
9. stressful
10. harried
Conclusion: Therefore, these are the top 30 adjectives for chaos. You can use any of these adjectives to describe the situation of chaos.
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FAQs:
What is an adverb for chaos?
There’s no one word that would be considered an adverb for chaos, but you could say “chaotically” to describe how something is done in a chaotic manner.
What is a fancy word for chaotic?
Some synonyms for chaotic include: disorderly, disorganized, haphazard, unpredictable, and confusion.
What’s a word for causing chaos?
The word “chaos-causing” could be used to describe something that causes chaos. Another word for this might be “disruptive.”
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Other forms: chaoses
Chaos is a state of extreme confusion and disorder. Putting a dozen dogs and a dozen cats in the same room would probably lead to utter chaos.
The word chaos derives from a Greek word meaning «chasm» or «void,» which makes sense, given that chaos also refers to the formless state of matter before the cosmos was created. In math and science, chaos describes a system that will develop in wildly different ways with only tiny changes to the initial conditions. «Controlled chaos» is a phrase often used casually to describe something that looks out of control but which functions according to unseen rules or organization.
Definitions of chaos
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noun
the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
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noun
a state of extreme confusion and disorder
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synonyms:
bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness
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types:
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balagan
a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
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type of:
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confusion
disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
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balagan
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noun
(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
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хаос, беспорядок, полный беспорядок
существительное ↓
- хаос; полный беспорядок
- (Chaos) миф. первозданный хаос
to rise out of chaos — возникнуть из хаоса
- библ. пропасть
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
the cacophonous chaos on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange — какофония хаоса на этаже, где размещается Нью-Йоркская фондовая биржа
complete / total / utter chaos — совершенный беспорядок, полный хаос
economic chaos — экономический хаос
political chaos — политические беспорядки
a state of chaos — состояние беспорядка
to cause / create chaos — создать беспорядок, создать полный хаос
to put a girdle about the chaos — обуздать, сдержать хаос
state of chaos — хаотичность
chaos motion — беспорядочное движение молекул; хаотическое движение молекул
chaos paradigm — парадигма неструктурного программирования
chaos structure — хаотическая структура
Примеры с переводом
There was total chaos on the roads.
На дорогах творился полный хаос.
The kitchen was in chaos.
На кухне царил хаос.
The country is verging on chaos.
Сейчас страна находится на грани хаоса.
When the police arrived, the street was in total chaos.
К моменту прибытия ментов, улица находилась в полном хаосе.
The strikes are expected to bring chaos.
Ожидается, что забастовки приведут к хаосу.
The situation descended into utter chaos.
Ситуация погрузилась в полнейший хаос.
The country soon relapsed into chaos.
Страна скоро снова впала в хаос.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
The overall impression was one of chaos.
…she remains untroubled despite the chaos around her…
…soldiers who had been crazed by months of combat and chaos in the countryside…
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cha·os
(kā′ŏs′)
n.
1. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
2. A disorderly mass; a jumble: The desk was a chaos of papers and unopened letters.
3. often Chaos The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.
4. Chaos theory.
5. Mathematics A dynamical system that has a sensitive dependence on its initial conditions.
6. Obsolete An abyss; a chasm.
[Middle English, formless primordial space, from Latin, from Greek khaos.]
cha·ot′ic (-ŏt′ĭk) adj.
cha·ot′i·cal·ly adv.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
chaos
(ˈkeɪɒs)
n
1. complete disorder; utter confusion
2. (Classical Myth & Legend) (usually capital) the disordered formless matter supposed to have existed before the ordered universe
3. an obsolete word for abyss
[C15: from Latin, from Greek khaos; compare chasm, yawn]
chaotic adj
chaˈotically adv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cha•os
(ˈkeɪ ɒs)
n.
1. a state of utter confusion.
2. any disorderly mass.
3. the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the creation of the universe.
4. Physics, Math.
a. the nonlinear, deterministic behavior of certain systems, as the appearance of strange attractors or fractal structure in graphical representations of a system’s evolution.
b. the discipline that studies such behavior.
5. Obs. a chasm or abyss.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin < Greek; akin to chasm]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
cha·os
(kā′ŏs′)
Mathematics
A system, such as the weather, that develops from a set of often simple initial conditions but behaves very differently if the initial conditions are changed even slightly. Chaotic systems often appear random and unpredictable, but in fact have regular patterns that are repeated at any scale of observation. See more at fractal.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Chaos
any confused or disorderly collection or state of things; a conglomeration of parts or elements without order or connexion. See also clutter, confusion.
Examples: chaos of accidental knowledge; of foul disorders, 1579; of green and grey mists, 1878; of laws and regulations, 1781.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun | 1. | chaos — a state of extreme confusion and disorder
bedlam, pandemonium, topsy-turvydom, topsy-turvyness confusion — disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; «the army retreated in confusion» balagan — a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); «it was utter and complete balagan!» |
2. | chaos — the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
physical phenomenon — a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy |
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3. | Chaos — (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
Greek mythology — the mythology of the ancient Greeks |
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4. | chaos — (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
natural philosophy, physics — the science of matter and energy and their interactions; «his favorite subject was physics» dynamical system — (physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
chaos
noun disorder, confusion, mayhem, anarchy, lawlessness, pandemonium, entropy, bedlam, tumult, disorganization The country appears to be sliding towards chaos.
organization, neatness, tidiness, orderliness
Quotations
«Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds» [George Santayana Dominations and Powers]
«Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit» [Henry Brooks Adams The Education of Henry Adams]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
chaos
noun
A lack of order or regular arrangement:
clutter, confusedness, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, jumble, mess, mix-up, muddle, muss, scramble, topsy-turviness, tumble.
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
chaos
kaosvirvar
kaaossekasortoepäjärjestys
kaos
káosz
kekacauan
kaós, óreiîa
カオス大混乱
혼돈
chaotiškaichaotiškasnetvarka
haoss
haos
chaos
kaos
ความสับสน
sự hỗn loạn
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chaos
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
chaos
[ˈkeɪɒs] n → caos m
to be in chaos → essere nel caos
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chaos
(ˈkeios) noun
complete disorder or confusion. The place was in utter chaos after the burglary.
chaˈotic (-tik) adjectivechaˈotically adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
chaos
→ فَوْضَى chaos kaos Chaos χάος caos kaaos chaos kaos caos 大混乱 혼돈 chaos kaos zamieszanie caos хаос kaos ความสับสน kargaşa sự hỗn loạn 混乱
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cha·os
n. caos, desorden.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
1
a
: a state of utter confusion
the blackout caused chaos throughout the city
b
: a confused mass or mixture
a chaos of television antennas
2
a
often capitalized
: a state of things in which chance is supreme
especially
: the confused unorganized state of primordial matter before the creation of distinct forms compare cosmos
b
: the inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system (such as the atmosphere, boiling water, or the beating heart)
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city.
When the police arrived, the street was in total chaos.
The country had descended into economic chaos.
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Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek — more at gum
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Time Traveler
The first known use of chaos was
in the 15th century
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