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inelastic

adjective as in unflexible

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Further verification of this discovery came through 'polarization-resolved resonant inelastic x-ray scattering', where the magnetic excitations were revealed to significantly deviate from the behaviors anticipated for those in conventional magnets.

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"In our latest study, we examine the potential effects that a dark photon could have on the complete set of experimental results from the deep inelastic scattering process," said Professor Thomas.

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Trump doesn't look like a loser, because voting in the US is almost completely inelastic: there are very few "true" swing voters.

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It doesn't change the long-term equation much either: Biden only did two points better than Clinton in 2020, which is indicative of how inelastic the vote is.

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Lambda particles have been studied before, but in the new paper, the researchers relied on a special process called semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering to create them inside a nucleus.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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