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principle of least action

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
prin-ci-ple of least- ac-tion
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A variational principle that, when applied to the action of a mechanical system, yields the equations of motion for that system. It states that the trajectories (i.e. the solutions of the equations of motion) are stationary points of the system's action functional.

Synonyms

stationary action principle

Questions

What does principle of least action mean?
A variational principle that, when applied to the action of a mechanical system, yields the equations of motion for that system. It states that the trajectories (i.e. the solutions of the equations of motion) are stationary points of the system's action functional.

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