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FRUSTRATION [2 records]

Record 1 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

Feeling associated with the failure to reach an expected goal or reward.

CONT

Anything that prevents you from achieving a goal is likely to give you strong feelings of frustration and conflict.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Situation qui prive un sujet de la satisfaction d'une pulsion [réalisation d'un but, par exemple].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
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Record 2 1979-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
CONT

If [the frustration function equals] +1, it is possible to orient the spins along [any closed contour] (c) without frustration; if [the frustration function equals] -1, it is not. Take two points A and B on the contour of Figure 3; it may be said that A sends to B contradictory orders along the two paths forming (c), if [the frustration function for (c]) = -1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
CONT

Un modèle [simple pour décrire un matériau magnétique désordonné] consiste en un réseau où les liaisons sont aléatoirement positives ou négatives; [...] à ce problème on donnera le nom de frustration, terme dont la consonance a l'avantage de souligner l'analogie avec le problème voisin de la percolation.

Spanish

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