Tensors in A Sentence

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    Many (but not all) physical properties can be described by mathematical quantities called tensors.

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    T and L are symmetric tensors, while S is in general asymmetric.

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    The new anisotropic tensors will be written to the coordinate file in the standard PDB format.

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    The program computes a self-consistent field, then uses the electron map that lies over the nuclear position to predict the NMR tensors.

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    Vector quantities, for which both magnitude and direction are required, such as temperature gradient, are first rank tensors.