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- noun The condition of being
aperiodic
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Of course can one add mathematically precise definitions of instability and aperiodicity, but this precision may not actually lead to useful improvements in the definition (see below).
Chaos Bishop, Robert 2008
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In other words, we want to be able to understand why systems exhibit SDIC, aperiodicity, randomness, and so forth.
Chaos Bishop, Robert 2008
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Phenomenologically, the kinds of chaotic behavior we see in real-world systems exhibit features such as SDIC, aperiodicity, unpredictability, instability under small perturbations and apparent randomness.
Chaos Bishop, Robert 2008
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Furthermore, Kellert's definition picks out two key features that are simultaneously present: instability and aperiodicity.
Chaos Bishop, Robert 2008
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D'Arsonval's galvanometer answers very well for this purpose, and its aperiodicity, which causes it quickly to return to zero as soon as the induced current ceases, permits of a large number of readings being taken within a very short space of time.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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