soft mode

noun

A collective excitation whose frequency decreases anomalously as the transition point is reached.

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Meanings

nounsoft mode (plural soft modes)

plural soft modes

  1. natural sciencesA collective excitation whose frequency decreases anomalously as the transition point is reached.
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