- Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
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Heisenberg's uncertainty principle — Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Heisenberg s uncertainty principle /hīˈzən bûrg(z) un sûrˈtən ti prinˈsi pl/ noun A more formal name for uncertainty principle (see ↑uncertainty under ↑un ) … Useful english dictionary
Heisenberg uncertainty principleHeisenberg's uncertainty principle — Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Heisenberg s uncertainty principle /hīˈzən bûrg(z) un sûrˈtən ti prinˈsi pl/ noun A more formal name for uncertainty principle (see uncertainty under un ) … Useful english dictionary
Uncertainty principle — In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that locating a particle in a small region of space makes the momentum of the particle uncertain; and conversely, that measuring the momentum of a particle precisely makes the… … Wikipedia
Heisenberg uncertainty principle — see uncertainty principle. * * * Physics. See uncertainty principle. [1965 70; named after W. K. HEISENBERG] * * * Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Heisenberg s uncertainty principle /hīˈzən bûrg(z) un sûrˈtən ti prinˈsi pl/ noun A more formal… … Useful english dictionary
Heisenberg uncertainty principle — noun Etymology: Werner Heisenberg Date: 1939 uncertainty principle called also Heisenberg s uncertainty principle … New Collegiate Dictionary
Heisenberg uncertainty principle — n. UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE … English World dictionary
uncertainty principle — See Heisenberg uncertainty principle … Philosophy dictionary
uncertainty principle — Physics. the principle of quantum mechanics, formulated by Heisenberg, that the accurate measurement of one of two related, observable quantities, as position and momentum or energy and time, produces uncertainties in the measurement of the other … Universalium
Heisenberg uncertainty principle — The principle of quantum mechanics that associates the physical properties of particles into pairs, such that both together cannot be measured to within more than a certain degree of accuracy. If A and V form such a pair (called a conjugate pair) … Philosophy dictionary
Heisenberg uncertainty principle — Physics. See uncertainty principle. [1965 70; named after W. K. HEISENBERG] * * * … Universalium
