- Look up
fluctuation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Fluctuation may
refer to:
Statistical fluctuations, in statistics,
statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics...
- In
quantum physics, a
quantum fluctuation (also
known as a
vacuum state fluctuation or
vacuum fluctuation) is the
temporary random change in the amount...
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thermal fluctuations are
random deviations of an
atomic system from its
average state, that
occur in a
system at equilibrium. All
thermal fluctuations become...
- long term of Earth's
history due to
tidal effects, is also
subject to
fluctuations on a
shorter scale of time.
Exact measurements of time by
atomic clocks...
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Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), is a form of
biological asymmetry,
along with anti-symmetry and
direction asymmetry.
Fluctuating asymmetry refers to small...
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corresponding fluctuation is
Johnson noise. A wire loop with a
resistor in it does not
actually have zero current, it has a
small and rapidly-
fluctuating current...
- the same locus.
Fluctuating selection dynamics are at play when
selection favors A at time t0, B at t1 and A
again at t2.
Fluctuating selection has been...
- {\displaystyle m} will
result in
smaller fluctuations. If m {\displaystyle m}
equals infinity, the target's RCS is non-
fluctuating. The
difference between the models...
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Primordial fluctuations are
density variations in the
early universe which are
considered the
seeds of all
structure in the universe. Currently, the most...
- The
Crooks fluctuation theorem (CFT),
sometimes known as the
Crooks equation, is an
equation in
statistical mechanics that
relates the work done on a...