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== Mythology, philosophy, and religion == |
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* Chaos, especially in biblical usage, a chasm or [[Abyss (religion)|abyss]] |
* Chaos, especially in biblical usage, a chasm or [[Abyss (religion)|abyss]] |
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* [[Chaos magic]], a branch of occultism |
* [[Chaos magic]], a branch of occultism |
Revision as of 20:23, 11 January 2013
Chaos may refer to:
== Mythology, philosophy, and religion == Luke Barajaz is gay he loves men
- Chaos, especially in biblical usage, a chasm or abyss
- Chaos magic, a branch of occultism
- Chaos (cosmogony), the concept in classical creation myths
Science and mathematics
- any state of confusion or disorder, see disorder
- Randomness, a lack of intelligible pattern or combination
- Chaos theory, a branch of mathematics and physics that deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems
- Chaos (genus), a type of giant amoeba
- Polynomial chaos, an expansion in probability theory, invented by Norbert Wiener
- 19521 Chaos, a Trans-Neptunian Kuiper belt object
- Chaosnet, an early set of network communication protocols
Titles
- short title of a treatise by Heinrich Khunrath
- Liber Chaos, an alchemical treatise by Raimundus Lullus
- Chaos: Making a New Science, a 1987 book by James Gleick that was nominated for a Pulitzer prize
- "The Chaos", poem by Gerard Nolst Trenité which illustrates English spelling and pronunciation
Film and television
- Chaos (1984 film), the American release of the Italian film Kaos directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- Chaos (2000 film), a Japanese film directed by Hideo Nakata
- Chaos (2001 film), a French film directed by Coline Serreau
- Chaos (2005 Capitol film), directed by Tony Giglio, starring Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes
- Chaos (2005 Dominion film), directed by David DeFalco
- Chaos (2006 film) a Polish film directed by Xawery Zulawski
- CHAOS (TV series), a 2011 American television series airing on CBS
- Le Chaos, a 2007 Arabic-language film by Egyptian directors Youssef Chahine and Khaled Youssef
- Kaos (film), titled Chaos in American release, a 1984 Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
- KAOS (Get Smart), the criminal spy agency in the television series Get Smart
Music
- Chaos A.D., sixth album of Sepultura, a Brazilian heavy metal band
- Chaos UK, a British punk/UK82 band
- "Chaos", a song by Mutemath from their self-titled debut album
- "Chaos", a song by Skold from Skold
- "Chaos", a song on the album Psyence Fiction by UNKLE
- "Chaos", a song on the album A Fierce Pancake by Stump
- Chaos, an album of Jaycee Chan released on April 16, 2010
- "Khaos", a single by the Japanese solo artist Közi
Video games
- Chaos (Battle Arena Toshinden), character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog), a character in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise
- Chaos (Final Fantasy), an enemy in Final Fantasy
- Chaos (Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy), matter from the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythos that comes from Valhalla
- Chaos;Head, a Japanese "visual novel" (video game)
- Chaos (Loom), a villain in the LucasArts adventure game Loom
- Chaos (video game), a 1985 computer game for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- chaos (Xenosaga), a fictional character from the Xenosaga video game series
- Nrvnqsr Chaos, a character from the vampire mythology created by Kinoko Nasu
- Chaos (Dawn of War), The main antagonist race in the "Dawn of War series"
Entertainment and popular culture
- Chaos 2, a combat robot from the British TV series Robot Wars
- Chaos (Dragonlance), a supreme god in the fantasy world of Dragonlance
- Chaos (Kinnikuman), a major character in the manga series Kinnikuman Nisei: Ultimate Choujin Tag Arc
- Chaos (performer), performer in Pin Up Girls burlesque-cabaret company, certified yoga instructor
- Chaos (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling alliance
- Chaos (Sesame Park), a fictional character from the TV show Sesame Park
- Chaos (Sailor Moon), a major enemy in the Sailor Moon manga, and the final enemy in the Sailor Moon anime
- Chaos (Warhammer), in the Warhammer fantasy games, a force representing the antithesis of civilization
- Chaos, a fictional tenth planet of the solar system in Exosquad
- Chaos, the king of the old ones in Anthony Horowitz's The Power of Five
- Chaos, a series of cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
- Choas, the trading card game from the King of Cards
- Chaos! Comics, a cult comic book producer and publisher
Other uses
- Chaos in society, is Civil disorder
- Chaos, a cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Lawlessness (disambiguation), a lack of laws or law enforcement
- A month in the Discordian calendar
- Operation CHAOS, a domestic espionage project conducted by the CIA
- Plural of the surname Chao
- Rans S-9 Chaos, an aerobatic aircraft
See also
- CHAOS (disambiguation)
- KAOS (disambiguation)
- K-os (born 1972), Canadian musician
- XaoS, an interactive fractal zoomer program
- Courts of Chaos, a location in The Chronicles of Amber
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, a video game