Assertion: butterfly | /r/CapableOf | flap its wings
Facets:
value: to fly
type: PURPOSE
value: in new mexico
type: LOCATION
value: in tokyo
type: LOCATION
value: in one part of the world
type: LOCATION
value: to straighten them
type: PURPOSE
value: in china
type: LOCATION
value: over country
type: LOCATION
value: in brazil
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Although a butterfly flapping its wings has remained constant in the expression of this concept, the location of the butterfly, the consequences, and the location of the consequences have varied widely.
text: As bizarre as it may sound, if I say that a butterfly flapped its wing in Brazil, and a tornado took place in Chicago, that’s what the theory states.
text: Butterflies flap their wings about five times every second.
text: but it's also equally possible that the set of conditions without the butterfly flapping its wings is the set that leads to a tornado.
text: The idea that a butterfly flapping its wings could affect weather systems in a distant place illustrates not only the complexity of predicting weather, but also the difficulty of making predictions in chaotic or complex systems in general.
text: An allusion to chaos theory, popularized by the notion that a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world might cause a tornado many miles away.
text: I can't remember the exact countries that the original example used, but the idea is that a storm could be caused off the coast of country xxx by something as small as a butterfly flapping its wings over country
text: If a butterfly flaps its wings in china, would it have an effect on the weather patterns in London?
text: Before a butterfly can flap its wings, it starts out as something completely different and transforms itself through four stages.
text: After hatching, the butterfly hangs upside down, flapping its wings to straighten and dry them.
text: The "butterfly effect" concept holds that a seemingly insignificant action -- such as a butterfly flapping its wings -- can have a dramatic effect on a system -- such as weather.
text: This effect grants the power to cause a hurricane in China to a butterfly flapping its wings in New Mexico.
text: The term butterfly effect comes from an analogy where a butterfly flaps its wings in Tokyo and a tornado occurs in Tennessee.
text: While a butterfly flaps its wings to fly around, you can flap your wings -- or in this case, arms -- to develop stronger chest and arm muscles.
text: Some disagree that something as minor as a butterfly flapping its wing can create such a huge impact, yet, there could be other perturbations that might impact the climate.
text: They will flap their wings.