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DYNAMICAL SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dynamical system" is a kind of...):
phase space ((physics) an ideal space in which the coordinate dimensions represent the variables that are required to describe a system or substance)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dynamical system"):
chaos ((physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions)