collective behavior
Americannoun
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In this case, resistance to motion occurs without any physical contact, arising instead from the collective behavior of magnetic elements.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Thinking about the collective behavior of a whole system rather than individual particles is common in other areas of physics and even everyday life.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
The consequences of their collective behavior were world-changing.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024
“When it comes to our collective behavior, it seems like we have lost any sense of public conversation about the moral good,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
It is in our collective behavior that we are most mysterious.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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