Meanings
nounantichaos (uncountable)
- uncountablechaos theory; evolutionary theory; chaos theory; evolutionary theoryA phenomenon whereby disordered systems can spontaneously crystallize into a high degree of order.
Origin
From anti- + chaos, coined by Stuart Kauffman in Antichaos and Adaptation (published in Scientific American, August 1991).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese anticaos
- anticaosa phenomenon whereby disordered systems can spontaneously crystallize into a high degree of order
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