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Brownian motion
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English
Etymology
en Robert Brown Scottish botanist Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) 1773 1858, who investigated the movement of pollen suspended in water.
Noun
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en statistical mechanics Random motion of particles suspended in a fluid, arising from those particles being struck by individual molecules of the fluid.
en Brownian movement
en w:Robert M. Sapolsky w:Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will 2023 Penguin New York 978-0-525-56097-5 To summarize, the world is filled with instances of indeterministic Brownian motion, with various biological phenomena having evolved to optimally exploit versions of this randomness. Are we talking free will here?
en math en Wiener process.
en idiomatic A state of chaos or disarray.
en 2003 Robert Wilson Instruments of Darkness Harvest Books 0156011131 L_lh5FnKRcwC 255 Brownian motion The sun was hot on my legs. I moved out of the doorway and stood in the room with my thoughts in Brownian motion.
en 2007 November Gil Schwartz Escape from the job monster w:Men's Health 22 9 1054-4836 AsgDAAAAMBAJ 122 Brownian motion That's pretty much what I'm doing here today—asking you, right now, to sit down, take a deep breath, and stop. Try to see a future beyond that Brownian motion of your daily affairs.
Related terms
en Brown noise
Translations
random motion of particles suspended in a fluid
Arabic: ar حَرَكَة بَرَاوْنِيَّة f ḥaraka barawniyya
Armenian: hy բրոունյան շարժում
Bulgarian: bg Брауново движение n
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 布朗運動 Bùlǎng yùndòng
Crimean Tatar: crh broun areketi
Czech: cs Brownův pohyb m
Danish: da brownsk bevægelse
Finnish: fi Brownin liike
French: fr mouvement brownien m
German: de brownsche Bewegung f
Hindi: hi ब्राउनी गति
Italian: it moto browniano m
Japanese: ja ブラウン運動 Buraun undō
Korean: ko ^브라운 운동
Portuguese: pt movimento browniano m
Russian: ru бро́уновское движе́ние n
Spanish: es movimiento browniano m
Swedish: sv brownsk rörelse c
Ukrainian: uk бро́унівський рух m