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**Natural &amp; Formal Sciences Dictionary**

 
Definition

A qualitative change in the structure of a dynamical system's set of invariant objects (equilibria, periodic orbits, attractors) that occurs when a system parameter crosses a critical value, altering stability or count of those objects.