The absence or reduction of manifest symmetry in a situation despite its presence in the laws of nature underlying it.
as modifier symmetry-breaking mechanisms
Example sentencesExamples
- A process called spontaneous symmetry breaking will ruin the delicate state required for quantum computing.
- The direction of the grain in the Higgs field is determined by a process called spontaneous symmetry breaking.
- Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a powerful phenomenon that is tremendously important in understanding unified particle theories in general.
- In all experiments, symmetry breaking occurs spontaneously and 100% of the beads generate a comet.
- Although we do not yet understand the complete mechanism, it should be noted that symmetry breaking also occurs at the kinked part in a wide tube.