What is 'phase space in chaos theory and nonlinear dynamics?

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The term 'phase space' is often used in the study of nonlinear dynamics.What is it.
 
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I googled about it and read on wikipedia too.Still,I was confused.So,I asked here.
 
Its definition on wikipedia seems similar to that of state-space.
 

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