Rather, it is a whimsical name for a property that has almost no manifestation at distances above the size of an atomic nucleus.

Culture Minds (mostly also being ships) usually give themselves whimsical names, though these often hint at their function as well.

That's the whimsical name for something I built when I was 16.

Other, less whimsical names had already been suggested for the phenomenon, but Mermin was persistent.

The whimsical name of the group belies the fact that these musicians play hard, fast, and serious.

The paper gives no rationale for the protocol's whimsical name.

Captain Aubrey means some cottage with a whimsical name, my love.

And perhaps this creature looked just like the dull-looking Earth birds with the whimsical name.

The chef's specialties have whimsical names that are hard to resist.

A witty, whimsical or colloquial name can get a scientist lot of attention in the scientific community.