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Heisenberg cuts

Heisenberg cuts is the plural of Heisenberg cut.

Meaning of Heisenberg cut

Noun

Heisenberg cut (plural Heisenberg cuts)

  1. (quantum mechanics) A conceptualised division separating the quantum system being observed from the classical system that comprises the observer's information, knowledge and conscious awareness.
    • The original "Copenhagen" way of describing the collapse process was tied to a mysterious thing called the "Heisenberg cut". Everything lying "below" this cut was supposed to be described in the mathematical language of quantum mechanics, whereas everything lying "above" the cut was described...2014, Henry P. Stapp, “Quantum Physics and Philosophy of Mind”, in Antonella Corradini, Uwe Meixner, editors, Quantum Physics Meets the Philosophy of Mind, Walter de Gruyter, page 9

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Heisenberg cuts is the plural of Heisenberg cut.

Words near Heisenberg cuts in the dictionary

  1. heis
  2. Heise
  3. Heisei
  4. Heisenberg
  5. Heisenberg cut
  6. Heisenberg cuts
  7. Heisenberg group
  8. Heisenberg picture
  9. Heisenberg pictures
  10. Heisenberg principle
  11. Heisenberg uncertainty principle

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