15. The Lindemann Criterion, noun. A rule used to predict the melting point of a crystalline solid, such as ice. The formula states that a crystal will melt when the amplitude of the vibrations of its atoms reaches a certain key size. To melt—according to Lindemann, at any rate—is to have your atoms tremble so far back and forth that they penetrate the interstitial spaces that normally exist between them. Named after the physicist who proposed it, Frederick Alexander Lindemann. A drop of water falls on my face as I look up—still cold, but not transfixed. Be bold. Encroach, and thaw.

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15. The Lindemann Criterion, noun. A rule used to predict the melting point of a crystalline solid, such as ice. The formula states that a crystal will melt when the amplitude of the vibrations of its atoms reaches a certain key size. To melt—according to Lindemann, at any rate—is to have your atoms tremble so far back and forth that they penetrate the interstitial spaces that normally exist between them. Named after the physicist who proposed it, Frederick Alexander Lindemann.


A drop of water falls on my face as I look up—still cold, but not transfixed. Be bold. Encroach, and thaw.

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