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chaotician en · NOUN

Etymology

From chaotic + -ian.

Meanings

1. A chaos theorist.
   • HAMMOND: You'll have to get used to Dr. Malcolm! He suffers from a deplorable excess of personality, especially for a mathematician! // MALCOLM: Chaotician! Chaotician, actually! // MALCOLM: John doesn't subscribe to Chaos, particularly what it has to say about his little science project! // HAMMOND: Codswollop! Ian, you've never been able to sufficiently explain your concern about the island! // MALCOLM: No no no, because of the behavior of the system in phase space! 1993, 15:45 from the start, in Jurassic Park, Universal Pictures, →OCLC:

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