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e-folds

e-folds is the plural of e-fold.

Meaning of e-fold

Noun

e-fold (plural e-folds)

  1. A multiplication by a power of e.
    • An obvious difference between plateau-like models like this and the simplest inflationary models, like V(#92;phi)#61;#92;lambda#92;phi⁴, is that the simplest models require only one parameter and absolutely no tuning of parameters to obtain 60 or more e-folds of inflation, while the plateau-like...2013, Anna Iijas, Abraham Loeb, Paul Steinhardt, “Inflationary Paradigm in trouble after Planck 2013”, in Phys. Lett. B, volume 723, numbers 4–5, →Bibcode, →DOI, page 262

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Questions about e-folds

What is e-folds the plural of?
E-folds is the plural of e-fold.

Words near e-folds in the dictionary

  1. e-flat major
  2. E-flat minor
  3. e-flats
  4. e-fold
  5. e-folding
  6. e-folds
  7. e-foo
  8. e-fora
  9. e-form
  10. E-format
  11. e-forms

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