chaologyn.
/keɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /keɪˈɑlədʒi/ 1. The study of the creation of the universe from chaos; an account or explanation of the creation of the universe from chaos.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Chaology, the History or Description of the Chaos... Dr. Burnet likewise gives us a Chaology, in his Theory of the Earth.
1729 T. Foxton tr. T. Burnet Theory Visible World 13 Orpheus, in his Chaology [L. Chaologiâ], or Explication of the World's rising out of Chaos, has sung the various Changes,..which that Mass..had undergone.
1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. I. 458/1 I define Chaology a fabulous History, since I can see nothing in it but what's repugnant to Sense and Reason.
1859 Christian Observer June 398 Instead of proving all real Theology impossible, the Lecturer will only have shown that no skill of man can frame a scientific Chaology.
1989 I. Stewart Does God play Dice? xiv. 292 Chaology is no longer an active area of theology.
2. = chaos theory n. at chaos n. Compounds 2. Now rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > theories or branches of
menadry1570
pure mathematics1605
mechanics1612
residuation1846
chaos theory1880
number theory1901
formalism1913
intuitionism1913
replacement theory1914
biomathematics1923
proof theory1929
finitism1935
mereology1938
combinatorics1941
cryptarithmetic1943
game theory1945
numerical analysis1946
queueing theory1951
constructivism1959
complexity1963
catastrophe theory1971
chaology1985
1985 Times 14 Sept. 8/4 Chaology (the mathematical study of chaos).
1991 Math. Gaz. 75 261 Interactive computing may serve both to generate intuition in a mathematical investigation and to produce the raw material for an investigation. Work on the Mandelbrot set and chaology are obvious examples.
Derivatives
chaˈologist n. an expert or specialist in chaos theory.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > theories or branches of > one who holds theory
infinitesimalist1863
momentarian1863
number theorist1912
formalist1913
frequentist1949
game theorist1950
finitist1960
constructivist1979
chaologist1987
1987 J. Gleick Chaos ii. 38 The chaoticists or chaologists (such coinages could be heard) turned up with disproportionate frequency on the yearly lists of important fellowships and prizes.
1992 J. Briggs Fractals 52 Chaologists have..ascertained that gaps in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter are caused by Mars' gravitational attraction.
2006 J. A. McCarthy Remapping Reality i. 46 This extreme sensitivity to change is captured in the metaphor of the famous ‘butterfly effect’ so often invoked by chaologists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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