Meaning of butterfly effect | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

العربية تَأْثِير الْفَرَاشَة

Deutsch Schmetterlingseffekt

Ελληνικά φαινόμενο της πεταλούδας

Español efecto mariposa

Suomi perhosvaikutus

Français effet papillon

Italiano effetto farfalla

日本語バタフライエフェクトバタフライ効果

한국어 나비 효과

Polski efekt motyla

Português efeito borboleta

Русский эффе́кт ба́бочки

Svenska fjärilseffekten

Türkçe kelebek etkisi

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

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