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Copenhagen interpretation

Copenhagen interpretation proper noun: a collection of views about the meaning of quantum mechanics principally attributed to Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, including the idea that quantum mechanics is intrinsically indeterministic, with probabilities calculated using the Born rule, and the principle of complementarity, which states that objects have certain pairs of complementary properties which cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously.

Proper noun

the Copenhagen interpretation

  1. A collection of views about the meaning of quantum mechanics principally attributed to Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, including the idea that quantum mechanics is intrinsically indeterministic, with probabilities calculated using the Born rule, and the principle of complementarity, which states that objects have certain pairs of complementary properties which cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously.

Questions about Copenhagen interpretation

What does Copenhagen interpretation mean?
Copenhagen interpretation means a collection of views about the meaning of quantum mechanics principally attributed to Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, including the idea that quantum mechanics is intrinsically indeterministic, with probabilities calculated using the Born rule, and the principle of complementarity, which states that objects have certain pairs of complementary properties which cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously.
What part of speech is Copenhagen interpretation?
Copenhagen interpretation is a proper noun.

Words near Copenhagen interpretation in the dictionary

  1. copen
  2. copending
  3. Copenhagen
  4. Copenhagen blue
  5. Copenhagen blues
  6. Copenhagen interpretation
  7. Copenhagen left
  8. Copenhagen lefts
  9. Copenhagen plank
  10. Copenhagen planks
  11. Copenhagener

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