ðɪ ˈɛnɚdʒi əvən ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəl ɹˈoʊɾeɪmɚɹ ɪz dᵻpˈɛndənt ɔnðə "mˈiːnfˈiːld" ˈɛnɚdʒi ʌvðɪ ˈʌðɚ pəzˈɪʃənz—ðæt ˈɪz, æɾ ˈɛvɹi ˈʌðɚ pəzˈɪʃən, ˈiːtʃ ɹˈoʊɾeɪmɚz ˈɛnɚdʒi kˌɑːntɹɪbjˈuːʃən ɪz pɹəpˈoːɹʃənəl tʊ ɪts pɹˌɑːbəbˈɪlᵻɾi.
The energy of an individual rotamer  is dependent on the "mean-field" energy of the other positions—that is, at every other position, each rotamer's energy contribution is proportional to its probability.