small perturbation

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small perturbation [′smȯl ‚pərd·ər′bā·shən]

(physics)

A disturbance imposed on a system in steady state, with amplitude assumed small of the first order; that is, the square of the amplitude is negligible in comparison with the amplitude, and the derivatives of the perturbation are assumed to be of the same order of magnitude as the perturbation.

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No references found			Any small perturbation caused by viscosity or temperature gradient can trigger the asymmetry of gas (water) tips in the parts and result in fingerings. The influence of processing parameters on fingering formation in ... by Lin, Kun-Yeh; Liu, Shih-Jung / Polymer Engineering and Science If it's close to failure, the small perturbation due to the low pressure of the typhoon can push it over the failure limit; if there is no typhoon, stress will continue to accumulate until it fails without the need for a trigger," he added. Typhoons can trigger slow quakes in eastern Taiwan by Asian News International If it's close to failure, the small perturbation due to the low pressure of the typhoon can push it over the failure limit. Typhoons trigger earthquakes on Taiwan: scientists by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			Smalininkai small small arm Small Arms small bindweed Small Business Edition Small Business Server small calorie small circle small computer system interface Small Deeds Theory Small Digital Computers small diurnal range Small Earless Owls Small Group small hail Small Holding small ice floe Small Intestine small ion Small Magellanic Cloud small nucleolar ribonucleic acid small of the stock Small Outline DIMM small outline gull-wing small perturbation small polaron small print Small Public Schools Small Sample small scale small talk small tropic range Small, Albion W. Small, Albion Woodbury Small, Lennie small-angle scattering small-arms ammunition small-arms sling small-bore practice Small-C Small-Caliber Artillery Small-Capacity School small-craft warning small-diameter blasthole small-ion combination Small-Job Printing Small-Leaved Forests small-lot storage small-office/home-office small-scale			small part Small Particle Aerosol Generator Small Particle Reagent Small Particulate Gadolinium Oxide Small Parts, Inc. Small Party of Good Boys Small Passenger Service Vehicle small passion flower small passion flower small passion flower small passion flower Small Patella Syndrome Small Patent Law Group Small Payload Accomodations Interface Module Small Payload Attachment Small Payload Interface Adapter Small Pelagic Fishery Working Group Small Pelagic Fishes and Climate Change Programme Small Pelagic Research and Assessment Team small pelvis Small Penis Syndrome small percentage Small Peripheral Controller Small Periwinkle Small Permanent Communications and Display Segment Small Permanent Communications Display System small person small person small perturbation Small Perturbation Method Small petrosal Small petrosal ganglion Small pica Small piece Small Pieces Loosely Joined Small Plot Intensive Farming small polaron Small Polypeptide from Coriolus Versicolor Small Portable Analyzer Diagnostic Equipment Small Portable Expeditionary Aeromedical Rapid Response Small Portable Initial Communications Equipment small potatoes small potatoes Small potatoes urban delivery Small Power Plant Exemption Small Power Producer Small Power Utilities Group Small pox Small pox Small pox Small pox vaccination Small pox vaccination Small prairie rattlesnake Small press Small Press Expo Small Press Underground Networking Community Small Press Writers and Artists Organization

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