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Poisson bracket [pwä′sōn‚brak·ət]

(mechanics)

For any two dynamical variables,XandY, the sum, over all degrees of freedom of the system, of (∂X/∂q)(∂Y/∂p)-(∂X/∂p)(∂Y/∂q), whereqis a generalized coordinate andpis the corresponding generalized momentum.

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