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chaotician
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Etymology
From chaotic + -ian. By surface analysis, cha- + -otic + -i- + -an.
Noun
chaotician (plural chaoticians)
- A chaos theorist.
- 1993, 15:45 from the start, in Jurassic Park, Universal Pictures, →OCLC:
- HAMMOND: You'll have to get used to Dr. Malcolm! He suffers from a deplorable excess of personality, especially for a mathematician! // MALCOLM: Chaotician! Chaotician, actually! // MALCOLM: John doesn't subscribe to Chaos, particularly what it has to say about his little science project! // HAMMOND: Codswollop! Ian, you've never been able to sufficiently explain your concern about the island! // MALCOLM: No no no, because of the behavior of the system in phase space!
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