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butterfly effect  

Definition

  • The BUTTERFLY EFFECT is colloquial language used to describe the idea within chaos theory called sensitive dependence on initial conditions. This principle became the cornerstone to the science of chaos theory. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Butterfly Effect]

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