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partition functions

partition functions is the plural of partition function.

Meaning of partition function

Noun

partition function (plural partition functions)

  1. generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics
  2. function that represents the number of possible partitions of a natural number.
  3. generalization of the definition of a partition function in statistical mechanics
  4. (statistical mechanics) function Z[J] that is the generating function of the correlation function

Questions about partition functions

What is partition functions the plural of?
Partition functions is the plural of partition function.

Words near partition functions in the dictionary

  1. partite
  2. partition
  3. partition coefficient
  4. partition coefficients
  5. partition function
  6. partition functions
  7. partition of unity
  8. partitionability
  9. partitionable
  10. partitional
  11. partitionally

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