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Turing instability

Turing instability noun: the property of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion system in which a steady state that is stable in the corresponding nonspatial system is able to, under certain parameter constraints, become unstable in the spatial system containing a particular wavelength.

Noun

Turing instability

  1. The property of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion system in which a steady state that is stable in the corresponding nonspatial system is able to, under certain parameter constraints, become unstable in the spatial system containing a particular wavelength.

Questions about Turing instability

What does Turing instability mean?
Turing instability means the property of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion system in which a steady state that is stable in the corresponding nonspatial system is able to, under certain parameter constraints, become unstable in the spatial system containing a particular wavelength.
What part of speech is Turing instability?
Turing instability is a noun.

Words near Turing instability in the dictionary

  1. Turing degree
  2. Turing degrees
  3. Turing equivalent
  4. Turing function
  5. Turing functions
  6. Turing instability
  7. Turing jump
  8. Turing jumps
  9. Turing machine
  10. Turing machines
  11. Turing pattern

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