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Page 560
... effect is taken by crystallographers to be evidence for the absence of a centre of symmetry in a crystal structure . In the converse piezoelectric effect the application of an electric field produces strain . The two effects are ...
... effect is taken by crystallographers to be evidence for the absence of a centre of symmetry in a crystal structure . In the converse piezoelectric effect the application of an electric field produces strain . The two effects are ...
Page 569
... effect of collisions is a change in the path of a particle and the average effect can be represented in terms of an average force F acting on the average particle . Thus the average equation of motion for the average velocity v becomes ...
... effect of collisions is a change in the path of a particle and the average effect can be represented in terms of an average force F acting on the average particle . Thus the average equation of motion for the average velocity v becomes ...
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... effects . The hormones also lower circulating cholesterol levels , an effect for which they have been used therapeutically . They are necessary for normal growth and development of children , and their deficiency is associated with ...
... effects . The hormones also lower circulating cholesterol levels , an effect for which they have been used therapeutically . They are necessary for normal growth and development of children , and their deficiency is associated with ...
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