So, when we think about a bond length, this is going to be the length of our bond here, that makes sense because it's going to want to be at that distance that minimizes the energy.

因此，当我们考虑一个键的长度的时候，这就应该是我们的键长，这是合理的,因为体系会在核间距达到这一距离时,能量到达最小值。

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So, sometimes people get confused when they're solving problems and call the amplitude this distance all the way from the max to the min but it's only half of that because we're only going back to the average level.

解题的时候会弄错，把这个从,最大值到最小值的距离,叫做幅值，但实际上,只有它的一半,只是它和平均值的差距。

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And, this minimum here is what gives us the value of the inter-electrode separation, the inter-ion separation.

这个最小值就是,电极间距离的值，离子间距离的值。

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To get the best fitting line, you find the line that minimizes the sum of squared distances.

要找到最切合的直线,就是要使,这些距离的平方和最小

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These between B and C and E and F didn't get filled in because they were already just the smallest amount that they wanted to deal with, just half steps.

但是B和C,E和F之间并没有被填上,因为它们之间已经是最小的距离,只是个半音级,人们愿意摆弄的最小距离

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He chose the line so that--this is Gauss-- he chose the line to minimize the sum of squared distances of the points from the lines.

高斯选的这条线,所有点距离这条直线的平方和,是所有直线中最小的

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