wavefunction
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/
wavefunction (plural wavefunctions)
- (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- 2011, Brian Cox (physicist) & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane 2011, p. 41:
- The interpretation of the wavefunction was one of the thorny issues facing the early pioneers of quantum theory.
- 2011, Brian Cox (physicist) & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane 2011, p. 41:
- French: fonction d'onde
- German: Wellenfunktion
- Italian: funzione d'onda
- Portuguese: função de onda
- Russian: волнова́я фу́нкция
- Spanish: función de onda
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