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quantum weirdness

quantum weirdness noun: the phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences of everyday life.

Noun

quantum weirdness (uncountable)

  1. The phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences of everyday life.
    • Perhaps the most famous example of quantum weirdness is Schrödinger’s cat, a thought experiment devised by Erwin Schrödinger in 1935.2018 October 29, Jonathan O’Callaghan, ““Schrödinger's Bacterium” Could Be a Quantum Biology Milestone”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2018

Origin of quantum weirdness

Coined by American physicist Heinz Pagels in 1982.

Questions about quantum weirdness

What does quantum weirdness mean?
Quantum weirdness means the phenomena of quantum mechanics that cannot be explained in terms of the experiences of everyday life.
What part of speech is quantum weirdness?
Quantum weirdness is a noun.

Words near quantum weirdness in the dictionary

  1. quantum unit of spin
  2. quantum universe
  3. quantum universes
  4. quantum valebant
  5. quantum valebat
  6. quantum weirdness
  7. quantum well
  8. quantum wells
  9. quantum Zeno effect
  10. quantum-entangled
  11. quantum-mechanical

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