caos
Pronunciation: /ˈkaos/
“caos” is a Spanish word. Its 3 meanings in English:
noun
In Spanish
- Estado general de confusión y desorden.
- En especial, indeterminación e indistinción general que algunas cosmologías postulan como estado inicial del universo.
- Estado o comportamiento aparentemente aleatorio que está gobernado en realidad por principios muy complejos y sensibles a las condiciones iniciales, pero rigurosamente deterministas.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin chaos, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
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