perturbation
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- noun
- /ˌpɜr.tɜrˈbeɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
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perturbación
- After the seismic perturbation, researchers studied how it impacted the local geological formations.
- wavefront perturbations
- perturbation parameters
- planetary perturbations
When the perturbation, the first order perturbation, splits all the levels.
- When the perturbation, the first order perturbation, splits all the levels.
- There are other perturbations that that can throw you off a bit.
- But when you have an unpredictable, you know, perturbation and you run out of supplies.
- Another one is perturbation, which kind of presents itself in two forms.
- One is the how does the cell respond to perturbation?
- They just mean there are perturbations traveling in the medium, like sound travels in air.
- So there's even small perturbations in the input of the function leads to drastically insane output of a function.
- They get destroyed easily by the smallest perturbations, and you need to get the calculation done before the quantum states have been destroyed.
- And by this I mean that they cannot exchange information with with each other a perturbation.
Examples
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The vestibulo-ocular reflex stabilizes gaze during target fixation and unsuspected perturbation of head and body position.
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Cloud feedback can also significantly increase or decrease the initial perturbation of this system.
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Furthermore, a given activity may cause perturbations that have unintended, indirect effects on other system elements.
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So this is a disease that's exquisitely sensitive to environmental perturbations and in this case a normal climate cycle.
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Third, small local populations are vulnerable to local perturbations such as fires, storms, and outbreaks of disease.
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Although penguins show adaptations to environmental variability, environmental perturbations take a toll on their populations.
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It became completely clear that Pluto did not have the chops to be responsible for the perturbations on Uranus and Neptune.
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The scientists observed unusual perturbations in the temperature that affected the experiment's outcome.
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These perturbations in the ecosystem can lead to significant changes in the behavior of local wildlife.
Synonyms
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A break in the normal flow of activity
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An interruption to a normal system, like loud noise or signal trouble
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A change in level or amount that goes up and down over time
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A small change in a planet or moon's orbit caused by other bodies
A change that makes a system or process work differently than usual
Antonyms
How Disruptive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Perturbation comes from Latin parts per- ('completely') and turbare ('to disturb'), and it shares the same root as the word turbulent. So a perturbation is a change that disturbs a system and makes it act differently than normal.