Word.ws English Dictionary

Bell's theorem

Bell's theorem proper noun: a no-go theorem stating that no physical theory of local hidden variables can ever reproduce all of the predictions of quantum mechanics.

Proper noun

Bell's theorem

  1. A no-go theorem stating that no physical theory of local hidden variables can ever reproduce all of the predictions of quantum mechanics.

Origin of Bell's theorem

Named after John Stewart Bell.

Questions about Bell's theorem

What does Bell's theorem mean?
Bell's theorem means a no-go theorem stating that no physical theory of local hidden variables can ever reproduce all of the predictions of quantum mechanics.
What part of speech is Bell's theorem?
Bell's theorem is a proper noun.

Words near Bell's theorem in the dictionary

  1. bell up
  2. bell work
  3. Bell's palsy
  4. Bell's sparrow
  5. Bell's sparrows
  6. Bell's theorem
  7. Bell's vireo
  8. bell, book and candle
  9. bell-bearer
  10. bell-bearers
  11. bell-bind

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Bell's theorem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Bell's theorem.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bell%27s_theorem. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.