period doubling
noun
(In chaos theory) a doubling of a period in a system exhibiting cyclic behaviour, following an incremental change of a system parameter (an indefinite sequence of such doublings marking the onset of chaotic behaviour).
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in SIAM Journal Applied Mathematics.
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