More generally, Brooks's Law predicts that the complexity and communication costs of a project rise with the square of the number of developers, while work done only rises linearly.

通俗的讲，布鲁克斯定律昭示了：项目的复杂度和通讯成本会以开发人数为基础，呈现平方指数的增长态势，而绩效则仅能直线上升。

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He's also known for Metcalfe's Law: the value of a network grows as the square of the number of its users.

他也因梅特卡夫定律而众所周知：网络价值的增长等于其用户数量的平方。

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Locality of action shows itself in the finite speed of light, in the inverse square law of fields, and in macroscopic statistical effects, such as rates of reaction and the speed of sound.

作用力的局限性体现在光速是有限的，体现在场的平方反比定律之中［4］，还体现在宏观统计效应上，如反应速度和音速等。

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There Newton established (among other things) the inverse-square law of gravitational attraction.

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Witnesses described a fast-moving series of events that unfolded at about 12:30 p.m. on the southbound platform of the 49th Street station near Times Square, a law-enforcement official said.

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There were three all-night cafeterias in Harvard Square the year I arrived for law school--1964--and I can still name them all (my favorite was Albiani's).

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