Ian Tickle wrote:
> I think there's a confusion here between the name of an object (what you
> call it) and its description (i.e. its properties). The name of the
> object is "structure amplitude" and it's description is "amplitude of
> the structure factor", or if you prefer the shortened form "structure
> factor amplitude".
But one does not name the modulus of a complex number a "complex
modulus"; one does not name the amplitude of a molecular vibration a
"molecular amplitude"; and one does not name the trace of a rotation
matrix a "rotation trace".
Mal nommer les choses, c'est ajouter au malheur des hommes. A.Camus.
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Marc SCHILTZ http://lcr.epfl.ch
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