Sentences with phrase «finite number of molecules»

There is a finite number of molecules but a practically infinite number of infrared photons impinging continuously on them.

Not exact matches

As each sequencing glass slide can sequence only a finite number of DNA molecules, higher levels of multiplexing would lead to fewer DNA molecules to be sequenced per sample.

That case nonetheless remains relevant, because it illustrates by exaggeration something that remains true independently of how large the number of molecules gets: the mean molecular translational kinetic energy decreases with height, and it does so at a rate that is finite and non-zero, albeit negligible for most purposes.

As I read it, it says there will be a lapse rate that's small for large numbers of molecules but stll finite and non-zero so long as the number of molecules is not infinite.