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chaos theory

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noun

  1. a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His chaos theory could win this in the blink of an eye.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2025

To this end, the research team employed a cross-disciplinary approach by combining chaos theory and synchronization theory.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2024

A new staging presented by Bedlam makes a valiant effort to adapt Stoppard’s cerebral probes into chaos theory, Newtonian law, thermodynamics and metaphysics for a 2023 audience, but the result is a muddled one.

From New York Times Nov. 17, 2023

I talk about some examples in the book that there are paradigm-breaking developments: Plate tectonics was one of them, chaos theory is another and we can go on.

From Salon Sep. 29, 2023

Maybe the chaos theory of cosmology could explain it.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

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