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How to use perturbation in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Perturbation means agitation; the state of being perturbed. Example: “A supersaturated solution is unstable; solute molecules may crash out of solution given the slightest perturbation.”

More sentences with perturbation

  • A supersaturated solution is unstable; solute molecules may crash out of solution given the slightest perturbation.2015, John T. Moore, Chris Hren, Peter J. Mikulecky, U Can: Chemistry I For Dummies, page 267. From the entry crash out
  • We consider generic linear perturbations of a nonbidiagonal class of static black-hole solutions in massive (bi)gravity.2015, Eugeny Babichev, Richard Brito, Paolo Pani, “Linear stability of nonbidiagonal black holes in massive gravity”, in arXiv. From the entry nonbidiagonal
  • We shall call perturbations for which the ring spectra are not uniformly distributed shapeful perturbations.1998, Francesco Melchiorri, M Signore, Topological Defects In Cosmology, page 156. From the entry shapeful
  • The largest sea ice perturbations are generated by smokefall in spring.1985: T.S. Ledley and S.L. Thompson, Potential effect of nuclear war smokefall on sea ice (apparent neologism). From the entry smokefall
  • Two commonly obtained perturbation measures are jitter and shimmer.2010, Daniel R. Boone, The Voice and Voice Therapy, Pearson College Division, →ISBN. From the entry shimmer
  • Perturbations of its reaction also reproduce it in different generations.1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 3/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry B-heptomino
  • Figure 2 gives experimental examples of otoacoustically traced, acoustically induced, cochlear perturbations in a human and a guinea pig ear.1988, H. Duifhuis, J. Wiebe Horst, Hero P. Wit, Basic Issues in Hearing: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Hearing…. From the entry otoacoustically
  • A more realistic model must include the presence of perturbations whose extra energy can produce distortions of the relic radiation spectrum.1977, “The relic radiation spectrum and the thermal history of the universe”, in La rivista del Nuovo cimento, volume 7, number 3, page 299. From the entry relic
  • These results indicate that the perturbation of intercellular junctions and the deciliation of tubular cells generated by FSS are independent from F-actin rearrangement.2015 July 6, “Shear Stress-Induced Alteration of Epithelial Organization in Human Renal Tubular Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry deciliation
  • Our general setting features stochastic approximations of the cocoercive operator and stochastic perturbations in the evaluation of the resolvents of the set-valued operator.2015, Patrick L. Combettes, Jean-Christophe Pesquet, “Stochastic Approximations and Perturbations in Forward-Backward Splitting for…. From the entry cocoercive
  • As such, perturbation measures can only be derived from vowels, most accurately, sustained vowels or steady-state portions of vowels extracted from connected speech.2010, Daniel R. Boone, The Voice and Voice Therapy, Pearson College Division, →ISBN. From the entry shimmer
  • With these ideas of scheme theory, perturbation, and abstraction, it becomes possible to see how metacognition might be interpreted in constructivist terms.1998, Douglas J. Hacker, Metacognition in Educational Theory and Practice, page 78. From the entry scheme theory
  • This initial relaxation was used to remove any structural perturbation due to crystallization conditions and to enhance the designability of protein structures, particularly in the core positions of coiled-coils.2015 September 26, “Canine CNGA3 Gene Mutations Provide Novel Insights into Human Achromatopsia-Associated Channelopathies and Treatment”…. From the entry designability
  • This resilience to bounded perturbations is relevant to the ability to apply the recently developed superiorization methodology to PSG methods, in particular to the EM algorithm..2015, W. Jin, Y. Censor, M. Jiang, “Bounded perturbation resilience of projected scaled gradient methods”, in arXiv. From the entry superiorization
  • For the latter case, the bivariational Lagrangian formulation becomes more than a convenient mathematical tool, since it facilitates a faster convergent perturbation series than the simpler energy expansion..2015, Kasper Kristensen, Janus Juul Eriksen, Devin A. Matthews, Jeppe Olsen, Poul Jørgensen, “A view on coupled cluster perturbation…. From the entry bivariational
  • The backbone of the DSA is a self-confinement of accelerated particles by scattering off various magnetic perturbations that particles drive by themselves while streaming ahead of the shock.2014, André Balogh, Andrei Bykov, Peter Cargill, Microphysics of Cosmic Plasmas, page 148. From the entry self-confinement
  • As is well known to researchers active in perturbation theory, complete proofs are long, and necessarily include annoying parts, so for them we forcely demand to the literature.2005, Hamiltonian Dynamics Theory, Applications. From the entry forcely
  • In this section, we shall prove the gauge invariance and unitarity of the physical S-matrix in quantum electrodynamics, to all orders in the renormalized perturbation theory.1993, George Sterman, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, page 334. From the entry unitarity

Meaning of perturbation

  1. noun Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
  2. noun A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system).
  3. noun Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies.

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Questions about perturbation in a sentence

How do you use perturbation in a sentence?
Perturbation is used as a noun. For example: “A supersaturated solution is unstable; solute molecules may crash out of solution given the slightest perturbation.”
What is a short sentence with perturbation?
“Two commonly obtained perturbation measures are jitter and shimmer.”
What does perturbation mean?
Perturbation means agitation; the state of being perturbed.

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