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
