perturbation

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"What is particularly remarkable is that the observed magnetic properties are robust against environmental perturbations."

From Science Daily

“You have the perturbations of the conflict and increased humanitarian needs at the same time as a challenging funding environment constrained the delivery environment,” said Julien Harneis, the U.N.’s resident coordinator in Yemen.

From Los Angeles Times

How vulnerable is it to self-dealing, business-cycle perturbations, and other high-risk bets, regardless of whether it is funded by way of loans or investments?

From Barron's

But with 76 years of data to measure against, “we can provide the context needed to answer the question of, how big of a perturbation is this event?”

From Los Angeles Times

Yet this solution is imperfect: while successful at stabilizing the plasma, applying these magnetic perturbations typically leads to lower overall performance.

From Science Daily