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probability amplitudes

probability amplitudes is the plural of probability amplitude.

Meaning of probability amplitude

Noun

probability amplitude (plural probability amplitudes)

  1. (quantum mechanics) A complex number which is the coefficient of a component of a quantum state and whose product with its own complex conjugate gives the probability that the state will collapse to that component (when measured). (Note: the quantum state being thought of as a linear combination of its components.)

Questions about probability amplitudes

What is probability amplitudes the plural of?
Probability amplitudes is the plural of probability amplitude.

Words near probability amplitudes in the dictionary

  1. probabilistics
  2. probabilists
  3. probabilities
  4. probability
  5. probability amplitude
  6. probability amplitudes
  7. probability box
  8. probability boxes
  9. probability densities
  10. probability density
  11. probability density function

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