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Meaning of butterfly effect | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory.
  2. The notion that small changes in the past via time travel can cause disproportionately large and unforeseeable consequences in the present.
    broadly

Equivalents

العربية تَأْثِير الْفَرَاشَة
Deutsch Schmetterlingseffekt
Ελληνικά φαινόμενο της πεταλούδας
Español efecto mariposa
Suomi perhosvaikutus
Français effet papillon
Galego efecto bolboreta
Magyar pillangóhatás
Italiano effetto farfalla
日本語 バタフライエフェクト バタフライ効果
ქართული პეპლის ეფექტი
한국어 나비 효과
Polski efekt motyla
Português efeito borboleta
Русский эффе́кт ба́бочки
Svenska fjärilseffekt fjärilseffekten
Türkçe kelebek etkisi

Examples

“Example of butterfly effect: stepping on a bug 4,000 years ago causes a different person to win the presidential election today.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

butterfly fish butterfly ginger butterfly keyboard butterfly kick butterfly kiss butterfly knife

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