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butterfly effect

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
butterfly effect

▶noun (with reference to chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.

– origin 1980s: from the notion that a butterfly fluttering in Rio de Janeiro could change the weather in Chicago.

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