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Weaire-Phelan structure

Weaire-Phelan structure noun: a three-dimensional structure representing an idealized foam of equal-sized bubbles, with two different shapes.

Noun

Weaire-Phelan structure (plural Weaire-Phelan structures)

  1. A three-dimensional structure representing an idealized foam of equal-sized bubbles, with two different shapes.

Forms of Weaire-Phelan structure

pluralWeaire-Phelan structures

Origin of Weaire-Phelan structure

Named after Denis Weaire and Robert Phelan, who in 1993 found that this structure was a better solution to the Kelvin problem of tiling space by equal-volume cells of minimum surface area than the previous best-known solution, the Kelvin structure.

Questions about Weaire-Phelan structure

What does Weaire-Phelan structure mean?
Weaire-Phelan structure means a three-dimensional structure representing an idealized foam of equal-sized bubbles, with two different shapes.
What part of speech is Weaire-Phelan structure?
Weaire-Phelan structure is a noun.
What is the plural of Weaire-Phelan structure?
The plural of Weaire-Phelan structure is Weaire-Phelan structures.

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