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  • And then it did ...something with the plasma and got more electricity and less plasma, somehow converting the neutrons and protons of the plasma to electrons?†   (source)
  • Are you telling me that electrons and protons aren't the same here, to get down to basics?†   (source)
  • (ELECTRON, PROTON, NEUTRON, MESON AND PHOTON) ERASE†   (source)
  • One of protons, masses, and particle charges?†   (source)
  • All protons give off different signals, and the computer then translates them into an image.†   (source)
  • The third attempt to unfold a proton into two dimensions began thirty Trisolaran hours later.†   (source)
  • Do these show that the microcosmos contained within the unfolded proton harbors intelligent life?†   (source)
  • Even though it has only the mass of a proton, I could feel some resistance against my hand.†   (source)
  • A proton unfolded into four dimensions will be much smaller.†   (source)
  • This is the six-dimensional body of the proton projected into three-space.†   (source)
  • "Princeps, the proton plane is being bent by our planet's gravity," the science consul said.†   (source)
  • Will you unfold a proton into four dimensions?†   (source)
  • "How big is a six-dimensional proton?" the princeps asked.†   (source)
  • Even a proton would be infinitely big compared to it.†   (source)
  • The unfolding left one too many dimensions in, and the proton was unfolded into three dimensions.†   (source)
  • We reduced the dimensions by one too many, and the proton became one-dimensional.†   (source)
  • The process of wrapping the two-dimensional proton plane around Trisolaris took a long time.†   (source)
  • Fifty Trisolaran hours later, the second attempt to unfold a proton into two dimensions began.†   (source)
  • Thus, we must unfold a proton into two dimensions.†   (source)
  • Is that the proton unfolded into two dimensions?†   (source)
  • As soon as we increase the dimensionality of this proton, it will become very small.†   (source)
  • They can only accelerate something as small as a proton to near the speed of light.†   (source)
  • The completely reflective proton plane deflected all sunlight back into space.†   (source)
  • Can you increase its dimensionality to eleven, and make it as small as a regular proton?†   (source)
  • In the sky, only the faint light spots from the beams that held up the proton membrane flickered.†   (source)
  • What if the proton is unfolded into zero dimensions?†   (source)
  • The goal is to eventually wrap the unfolded proton completely around Trisolaris.†   (source)
  • However, the time for returning such energy is far in the future, when the proton decays.†   (source)
  • But for two protons to block all progress of human science?†   (source)
  • Like the interrogator said, a single cilium on a bacterium can contain several billion protons.†   (source)
  • What does all this have to do with those two protons?†   (source)
  • The unfolding of the next three protons into two dimensions succeeded on the first try.†   (source)
  • At least you aren't completely at a loss when faced with the knowledge of these protons.†   (source)
  • In your impression, what do subatomic particles such as neutrons and protons look like?†   (source)
  • Take spin: Maybe the direction of spin of the two protons must be opposite from each other.†   (source)
  • For example, suppose a nucleus has two protons.†   (source)
  • INTERROGATOR: At the macroscopic level, two protons are nothing.†   (source)
  • Ultimately, what can the two protons that have reached the Earth do?†   (source)
  • So over a distance of four light-years, they can only send two protons.†   (source)
  • Even a single cilium on a bacterium would include several billion protons.†   (source)
  • And you can bet that Galileo, Newton, and Einstein never would have made their discoveries if they hadn't first been able to clear their heads by slapping the salami (or "knocking a few protons off the old hydrogen atom").†   (source)
  • MRI gives a clear-cut, definite picture of substances inside by reflecting the image based on the excitation of the protons.†   (source)
  • + The Magnetic Resonance Imaging doesn't use X-rays but a magnet that excites the protons (microparticles), and the computer then gathers energy signals from these excited protons and transforms the protons into an image.†   (source)
  • Even if they were to fall, the mass of all these huge structures added together is only that of a proton.†   (source)
  • It was the first time people had ever seen matter not made out of atoms—the silky strands were merely small portions of a proton.†   (source)
  • If we really were to unfold into zero dimensions, the charge of a proton would also be carried over into the unfolded black hole.†   (source)
  • The science consul said, "Project Sophon, to put it simply, aims to transform a proton into a superintelligent computer."†   (source)
  • All the strings added together have the mass of a single proton, so it's impossible for them to have any effect on the macroscopic world.†   (source)
  • We have endowed a proton with wisdom.†   (source)
  • The entire mass of the proton will be contained in this singularity, and its density will be infinite.†   (source)
  • As gravity and the electromagnetic beams balanced each other, the proton plane formed a gigantic shell in synchronous orbit around Trisolaris.†   (source)
  • The princeps said, "To use a word like 'immense' to describe a subatomic particle such as a proton seems incredible to me."†   (source)
  • The immense mirror that appeared over Trisolaris was the proton being unfolded, a geometric plane without any meaningful depth.†   (source)
  • They soon learned from the news that this was the one-dimensional proton drifting to the ground under the influence of gravity.†   (source)
  • Flying close to the proton membrane, it could be seen as a vast plane made of complex, elaborate integrated circuits.†   (source)
  • After being unfolded into one dimension, the strong nuclear force within the proton became far more attenuated, weakening the string.†   (source)
  • The reason we picked a proton instead of a neutron to unfold into two dimensions is precisely to avoid this kind of risk.†   (source)
  • Small spaceships were able to drag the pieces of proton matter away from Trisolaris and prevent them from entering the atmosphere.†   (source)
  • The proton folded from two dimensions into three and became a gargantuan sphere in synchronous orbit, about the size of the giant moon.†   (source)
  • Translator's Note: There is a pun in Chinese between the word for a proton, zhizi (Chinese symbol), and the word for a sophon, zhizi (Chinese symbol).†   (source)
  • Thus, Trisolaris will be the workbench to secure the two-dimensional proton, and the work to etch electronic circuits on the surface of the proton plane can begin.†   (source)
  • The principles governing micro-scale integrated circuits were completely different from those of conventional circuits, as the base material wasn't made of atoms, but matter from a single proton.†   (source)
  • Some sunlight continued to leak inside the curved proton plane, and the image of Trisolaris in this fun-house mirror in space was distorted beyond recognition.†   (source)
  • It was much easier to clean up the three-dimensional remnants of the unfolded proton in synchronous orbit than it was to clean up the one-dimensional string.†   (source)
  • Etching the proton circuits was a huge engineering feat, and thousands of spaceships worked for more than fifteen thousand Trisolaran hours to complete it.†   (source)
  • By the time the deformation of the reflection reached the image of Trisolaris at the plane's zenith, the stars had all disappeared because the proton plane, now curved around the other side of the planet, blocked them completely.†   (source)
  • Originally, it was thought that the one-dimensional proton would stay in synchronous orbit around Trisolaris forever, but due to friction from solar winds, pieces of the string fell back into the atmosphere.†   (source)
  • After this command was issued, the two-dimensional proton membrane that had wrapped itself around Trisolaris began to shrink rapidly, as though a giant's hand was pulling away a curtain over the world.†   (source)
  • The "p-n junctions" of the circuits were formed by twisting the strong nuclear forces locally on the surface of the proton plane, and the conducting lines were made of mesons that could transmit the nuclear force.†   (source)
  • I know that physicists can already manipulate nine of the eleven dimensions of the micro-scale world, but we still can't imagine how they could stick a pair of tiny tweezers into a proton to build large-scale integrated circuits.†   (source)
  • Twenty thousand Trisolaran hours after the completion of the huge particle accelerator in space, the unfolding of the proton into two dimensions was about to begin in a synchronous orbit around Trisolaris.†   (source)
  • This is a proton?†   (source)
  • In the long history of scientific progress, how many protons have been smashed apart in accelerators by physicists?†   (source)
  • Even if these two protons turned entirely into energy on the tip of my finger, at most it would feel like a pinprick.†   (source)
  • When both protons are made into sophons, they will, based on this effect, create a mutual-sensing system.†   (source)
  • These two hydrogen nuclei, or protons, arrived at the solar system two years ago, then reached the Earth.†   (source)
  • When these two protons are taken out of the nucleus, no matter how far apart they are, this pattern will remain in effect.†   (source)
  • The Trisolarans were able to shoot two protons at the Earth from four light-years away and they both reached the target!†   (source)
  • Because of the existence of these two protons, humanity will not be able to make any important scientific developments during the four and a half centuries until the arrival of the Trisolaran Fleet.†   (source)
  • They only sent two protons?†   (source)
  • Protons have positive charge.†   (source)
  • INTERROGATOR: Two protons?†   (source)
  • Two Protons†   (source)
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