DYNAMICAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dynamical system mean? 

• DYNAMICAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun DYNAMICAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. (physics) a phase space together with a transformation of that space

  Familiarity information: DYNAMICAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYNAMICAL SYSTEM (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)