1 definition by Rayleigh–Bénard
a situation in which an academic must choose between giving priority to his/her career or his/her significant other, especially with regard to his/her location of residence;
relocating to an institution based on proximity to one's significant other at the cost of prestige, or relocating for a prestigious position at the expense of one's relationship with his/her significant other;
a system whose solution gives the equations of geographic motion of an academic and his/her significant other, often solvable by separation into center of mass motion and displacement vector motion
relocating to an institution based on proximity to one's significant other at the cost of prestige, or relocating for a prestigious position at the expense of one's relationship with his/her significant other;
a system whose solution gives the equations of geographic motion of an academic and his/her significant other, often solvable by separation into center of mass motion and displacement vector motion
by Rayleigh–Bénard March 30, 2013