period doubling

noun

A characteristic of the transition of a system or process from regular motion to chaos, in which the period of one of its parameters is seen to double.

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Meanings

nounperiod doubling (usually uncountable, plural period doublings)

plural period doublings

  1. uncountableusuallynatural sciencesA characteristic of the transition of a system or process from regular motion to chaos, in which the period of one of its parameters is seen to double.
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