MEMBRANE
Charles François (2004). MEMBRANE, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 2061.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 2061 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, Methodology or model |
A thin film of chemical or biological matter that constitutes the specifically permeable boundary between a system and its environment.
Membranes are interfaces which selectively in space and time allow or inhibit the transference of inputs and outputs from the environment to the system and vice-versa. Membranes are as much connective devices as separators.
Some cosmologists and physicists recently started to use the strange neologism “brane”(shortshrift for membrane) to signify the hypothetical divisions in-between the numerous dimensions now postulated in some theories about the universe ( or universes)