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Ornstein-Zernike equation
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Etymology
Introduced by Leonard Ornstein and Frits Zernike.
Proper noun
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en statistical mechanics An integral equation that relates different correlation functions with each other and, together with a closure relation, is used to compute the structure factor and thermodynamic state functions of amorphous matter such as liquids or colloids.
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