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flying ice cube effect

flying ice cube effect noun: an artifact in molecular dynamics simulations, in which the energy of high-frequency fundamental modes is drained into low-frequency modes, due to repeated rescalings of velocities. In the simulation of particles in vacuum, this results in a conformation reminiscent of a rigid body flying through space.

Noun

flying ice cube effect (plural flying ice cube effects)

  1. An artifact in molecular dynamics simulations, in which the energy of high-frequency fundamental modes is drained into low-frequency modes, due to repeated rescalings of velocities. In the simulation of particles in vacuum, this results in a conformation reminiscent of a rigid body flying through space.

Forms of flying ice cube effect

pluralflying ice cube effects

Questions about flying ice cube effect

What does flying ice cube effect mean?
Flying ice cube effect means an artifact in molecular dynamics simulations, in which the energy of high-frequency fundamental modes is drained into low-frequency modes, due to repeated rescalings of velocities. In the simulation of particles in vacuum, this results in a conformation reminiscent of a rigid body flying through space.
What part of speech is flying ice cube effect?
Flying ice cube effect is a noun.
What is the plural of flying ice cube effect?
The plural of flying ice cube effect is flying ice cube effects.

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