Butterfly effect and Effect

Butterfly effect noun - The phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago.

Effect and butterfly effect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Effect" instead a noun phrase "Butterfly effect".

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

Butterfly effect and effect are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Butterfly effect" with "Effect", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: effective, effectual, effected, effectively, effecting