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The word χάος did not mean "disorder" in classical-period ancient Greece. It meant "the primal emptiness, space". ''Chaos'' is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ''ghn'' or ''ghen'' meaning "gape, be wide open": [[compare]] "chasm" (from Ancient Greek χάσμα, a cleft, slit or gap), and Anglo-Saxon ''gānian'' ("yawn"), ''geanian, ginian'' ("gape wide"); see also Old Norse Ginnungagap. Due to people misunderstanding early Christian uses of the word, the [[meaning]] of the word changed to "disorder". (The Ancient Greek for "disorder" is ''ταραχή'').
The word χάος did not mean "disorder" in classical-period ancient Greece. It meant "the primal emptiness, space". ''Chaos'' is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ''ghn'' or ''ghen'' meaning "gape, be wide open": [[compare]] "chasm" (from Ancient Greek χάσμα, a cleft, slit or gap), and Anglo-Saxon ''gānian'' ("yawn"), ''geanian, ginian'' ("gape wide"); see also Old Norse Ginnungagap. Due to people misunderstanding early Christian uses of the word, the [[meaning]] of the word changed to "disorder". (The Ancient Greek for "disorder" is ''ταραχή'').
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Chaos''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Chaos '''''this link'''''].</center>
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Chaos''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Chaos '''''this link'''''].</center>
==Scientific and mathematical chaos==
==Scientific and mathematical chaos==
Mathematically, ''chaos'' means an aperiodic deterministic [[behavior]] which is very [[sensitive]] to its initial conditions, i.e., infinitesimal perturbations of initial conditions for a chaotic system lead to large variations of the [[orbit]] in the phase [[space]].
Mathematically, ''chaos'' means an aperiodic deterministic [[behavior]] which is very [[sensitive]] to its initial conditions, i.e., infinitesimal perturbations of initial conditions for a chaotic system lead to large variations of the [[orbit]] in the phase [[space]].
