thermal equilibrium
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthermalandequilibrium
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thermal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈθɜː.məl/us/ˈθɝː.məl/
connected ...
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equilibrium
noun[S or U]
uk/ˌek.wɪˈlɪb.ri.əm/us/ˌiː.kwəˈlɪb.ri.əm/
a state ...
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(Definition ofthermalandequilibriumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such treatment assumes implicitly that excitation transfer processes are slow enough for the vibrational degrees of freedom to be inthermalequilibrium.
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Assumption 3 allows for athermalequilibriumsteady state which is important for the entropy approach.
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Inthermalequilibrium, heavy-ion cutoff modes can have amplitudes comparable to that of the magnetosonic mode and can cause the damping of the fluctuations.
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In such situations it is often reasonable to treat the scatterer s as if they were inthermalequilibrium.
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In this section, we will derive the distribution of photons in an electromagnetic field inthermalequilibriumwith its surroundings.
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The ions are considered to be inthermalequilibriumin the presence of an electrostatic potential only.
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The useful range of flow rates over whichthermalequilibriumof the cylinders could be achieved was from 2-90ft.3/h.
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Problems of sufficiently fast equipartition forthermalequilibriumand double-layer effects were mentioned later.
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Clearly, the dust particles should interact in all cases where the processes on the dust surface violate thethermalequilibriumof the gas.
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First, it does not include kinetic energy, which is assumed to be constant atthermalequilibrium.
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It has been established that electrostatic and electromagnetic modes of different frequencies exist in athermalequilibriumplasma.
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A final problem is how adequate is a "thermalequilibrium" value of conductivity in order to describe fast ignitor experiments.
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On the other hand, if the dust particles do not disturb thethermalequilibrium(which is the case of mirror reflection) they do not interact.
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This is called the adiabatic limit, since electrons are nearthermalequilibriumand respond adiabatically to the potential fluctuations.
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For simplicity, a classical, nonrelativistic, fully-ionized two-component plasma inthermalequilibriumis considered.
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