eigenvolume
nounEtymology From eigen- + volume.
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Medicine, Physiology, Sciences A volume determined by molecular refraction measurements, based on the assumption that the molecular packing coefficient is constant.
- Radiopaque markers implanted in the left ventricle allow one to follow the motion of specific elements of myocardium and compute a measure of relative left ventricular volume, called eigenvolume.1988, Excerpta medica. Section 14. Radiology - Volume 60, page 81:
- Real gas particles have a finite size. When packed as densely as possible they occupy the so-called eigenvolume. The steep rise in pressure shown by the ideal gas equation as V -> 0 must occur in reality when the gas is compressed to its eigenvolume.2012, Erich W. Schmid, Gerhard Spitz, Wolfgang Lösch, Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer, →ISBN, page 102:
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- However, when we apply the eigenvolume corrections with the mass-proportional eigenvolume v#95;i#92;simm#95;i, fixed to the realistic proton hard-core radius r#95;p#92;simeq 0.4-0.5 fm, we observe a second minimum in the temperature dependence of the #92;chi², located at the significantly higher temperatures.2015, Volodymyr Vovchenko, Horst Stöcker, “Heavy-ion hot hadron matter freezes out at T=170-320 MeV?”, in arXiv: