ALL meanings of butterfly effect
but·ter·fly ef·fect
B b - noun butterfly effect the idea, used in chaos theory, that a very small difference in the initial state of a physical system can make a significant difference to the state at some later time 3
- noun butterfly effect a cumulatively large effect that a very small natural force may produce over a period of time. 1
- noun butterfly effect The technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. 0