##  [Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking](/spontaneous-symmetry-breaking) 

  ##  [Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/spontaneous-symmetry-breaking-0) 

  

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Definition

A phenomenon in which the governing equations of a system are symmetric under a group of transformations, but the realized lowest-energy or typical macroscopic state chooses a configuration with strictly less symmetry.