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Chaos

Chaos Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Chaos? [n] (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe [n] the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos [n] a state of extreme confusion and disorder Synonyms \| Synonyms for Chaos: bedlam \| pandemonium \| topsy-turvydom \| topsy-turvyness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Chaos: agitation \| aloofness \| amorphia \| amorphism \| amorphousness \| anarchism \| anarcho-syndicalism \| anarchy \| antinomianism \| astronomical unit \| bedlam \| befuddlement \| bewilderment \| blurriness \| bluster \| bother \| botheration \| brawl \| broil \| brouhaha \| cacophony \| celestial spaces \| cloud \| commotion \| confusion \| cosmic space \| criminal syndicalism \| daze \| diffusion \| discombobulation \| discomfiture \| discomposure \| disconcertion \| discontinuity \| discreteness \| disjunction \| dislocation \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorganization \| disorientation \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disruption \| dissolution \| disturbance \| ebullition \| embarrassment \| embroilment \| empty space \| entropy \| ether space \| fabulous formless darkness \| fanaticism \| ferment \| flap \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flutter \| fog \| fomentation \| foofaraw \| formlessness \| foul-up \| frenzy \| fuddle \| fuddlement \| fume \| furor \| furore \| fury \| fuss \| fuzziness \| hassle \| haze \| haziness \| hubbub \| incoherence \| inconsistency \| indecisiveness \| indefiniteness \| indeterminateness \| interstellar space \| jumble \| lawlessness \| license \| light-year \| lynch law \| maze \| mess \| messiness \| metagalactic space \| misrule \| mist \| mistiness \| mix-up \| mob law \| mob rule \| mobocracy \| morass \| muddle \| muddlement \| nihilism \| nonadhesion \| noncohesion \| obscurity \| ocean of emptiness \| ochlocracy \| orderlessness \| outer space \| pandemonium \| parsec \| passion \| perplexity \| perturbation \| pother \| pressureless space \| primal chaos \| pucker \| racket \| rage \| rebellion \| revolution \| row \| ruckus \| ruffle \| rumpus \| scattering \| screw-up \| separateness \| shapelessness \| shuffle \| snafu \| space \| stew \| storminess \| sweat \| swivet \| syndicalism \| tempestuousness \| the void \| the void above \| tizzy \| tohubohu \| tumult \| tumultuousness \| turbulence \| turmoil \| unadherence \| unadhesiveness \| unclearness \| unruliness \| unsettlement \| untenacity \| uproar \| upset \| vagueness \| wildness \| zeal \| zealousness See Also \| balagan \| confusion \| Greek deity \| physical phenomenon Chaos In Webster's Dictionary \Cha"os\ (k[=a]"[o^]s), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. {Chasm}.] 1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. [Archaic] Between us and there is fixed a great chaos. --Luke xvi. 26 (Rhemish Trans.). 2. The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms. 3. Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.

Chaos Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chaos?

[n] (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
[n] the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
[n] a state of extreme confusion and disorder

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chaos: bedlam | pandemonium | topsy-turvydom | topsy-turvyness

See Also | balagan | confusion | Greek deity | physical phenomenon

Chaos In Webster's Dictionary

\Cha"os\ (k[=a]"[o^]s), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 &
2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to
open widely. Cf. {Chasm}.]
1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. [Archaic]

         Between us and there is fixed a great chaos. --Luke
                                               xvi. 26
                                               (Rhemish
                                               Trans.).

2. The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter
   before the creation of distinct and orderly forms.

3. Any confused or disordered collection or state of things;
   a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.

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