BUTTERFLY EFFECT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("butterfly effect" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

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