explicit symmetry breaking


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explicit symmetry breaking

[ik′splis·ət ′sim·ə·trē ‚brāk·iŋ]
(physics)
A phenomenon in which a system is not quite, but almost, the same for two configurations related by exact symmetry.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Electromagnetic radiation under explicit symmetry breaking, Physical Review Letters
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