BUTTERFLY EFFECT


Meaning of BUTTERFLY EFFECT in English

a cumulatively large effect that a very small natural force may produce over a period of time.

[ 1980-85; so called from the notion that the fluttering of a butterfly's wings may set off currents that will grow into a large storm ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .