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• BUTTERFLY EFFECT (noun) The noun BUTTERFLY EFFECT has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: BUTTERFLY EFFECT used as a noun is very rare.
