系综

系綜

xìzōng

noun

Meanings

1 ensemble (statistical mechanics)

Characters

to gather; comprehensive

Examples

正则系综是统计力学中最常用的模型之一。

Zhèngzé xìzōng shì tǒngjì lìxué zhōng zuì cháng yòng de móxíng zhī yī.

The canonical ensemble is one of the most commonly used models in statistical mechanics.

微正则系综描述孤立系统。

Wēi zhèngzé xìzōng miáoshù gūlì xìtǒng.

The microcanonical ensemble describes isolated systems.

巨正则系综允许粒子数变化。

Jù zhèngzé xìzōng yǔnxǔ lìzǐ shù biànhuà.

The grand canonical ensemble allows the particle count to vary.

Tips

history

The Chinese term was coined to translate Gibbs's 'ensemble' (1902): 系 = system, 综 = collection. Together: a 'collection of systems' — exactly Gibbs's idea of imagining many copies of a system to compute averages.

Stroke Order

系 xì

综 zōng