Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chaos"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chaos \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chaos
n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: {pandemonium},
{bedlam}, {topsy-turvydom}, {topsy-turvyness}]
2: the formless and disordered state of matter before the
creation of the cosmos
3: (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the
personification of the infinity of space preceding
creation of the universe [syn: {Chaos}]
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