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Definition of Butterfly effect
1. Noun. The phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago.
Definition of Butterfly effect
1. Noun. The technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Butterfly effect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Disaster Response Management Can Learn from Chaos Theory: Conference edited by Gus A. Koehler (1997)
"The point is reinforced if we consider the concept of the "butterfly effect".
The butterfly effect can be better understood by examining the two different ..."
2. Furniture of the Pilgrim Century, 1620-1720: Including Colonial Utensils and by Wallace Nutting (1921)
"An interesting peculiarity of this piece is a circular hole in the bracket,
enhancing the butterfly effect just as a large spot often appears in the ..."
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