Thus a system like an atom consists of a linear combination of modes of definite energy. These energies are characteristic of the particular atom. The (complex) square of the probability amplitude at a point in space gives the probability of measuring an electron at that location. The spatial distribution of this probability is characteristic of the atom.

In seismology

Normal modes are generated in the Earth from long wavelength seismic waves from large earthquakes interfering to form standing

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