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ac·tive mat·ter

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  1. Active matter

    Active matter is composed of large numbers of active "agents", each of which consumes energy in order to move or to exert mechanical forces. Due to the energy consumption, these systems are intrinsically out of thermal equilibrium. Examples of active matter are schools of fish, flocks of birds, bacteria, artificial self-propelled particles, and self-organising bio-polymers such as microtubules and actin, both of which are part of the cytoskeleton of living cells. Most examples of active matter are biological in origin; however, a great deal of current experimental work is devoted to synthetic systems. Active matter is a relatively new material classification in soft matter: the most extensively studied model, the Vicsek model, dates from 1995.Research in active matter combines analytical techniques, numerical simulations and experiments.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of active matter in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of active matter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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