Noun

(en-noun)

(obsolete) A vast chasm or abyss.

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony

Any state of disorder, any confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

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(obsolete, rare) A given medium; a space in which something exists or lives; an environment.

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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?

(mathematics) 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.

Noun

(en-noun)

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

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A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

A puzzling circumstance.

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