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Schrödinger's

Schrödinger's adjective: indicates something or someone whose current state is unknown, mixed or depends on some future action.

Adjective

Schrödinger's (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) Indicates something or someone whose current state is unknown, mixed or depends on some future action.
    • My husband packed the hamper, so until we get to the park, this is Schrödinger's picnic.
    • To further illustrate the Byzantine propagation capability, one can envision a "Schrödinger's CRC" similar to the "Copenhagen" misinterpretation of "Schrödinger's Cat" where the CRC is simultaneously correct for any interpretation of Byzantine data.2003, K. Driscoll et al., “Byzantine Fault Tolerance: from Theory to Reality”, in Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security Proceedings, page 240

Examples of Schrödinger's in a sentence

  • I’m characterizing this phenomenon as Schrödinger's Friendship.2011 October 13, “The Russian Rocket Reaction”, in The Big Bang Theory:
  • For one private performance only, however, we changed our onstage response to Adam's half-dressed state: “It's Schrödinger's costume change!” I said.2014, Jess Winfield, “Re-revising Shakespeare”, in Shakespeare and Me: 38 Great Writers, Actors, and Directors on What the Bard Means to...

Forms of Schrödinger's

alternative formSchrodinger's

Origin of Schrödinger's

Back-formation from Schrödinger's cat, named after the scientist Erwin Schrödinger.

Phrases with Schrödinger's

Questions about Schrödinger's

What does Schrödinger's mean?
Schrödinger's means indicates something or someone whose current state is unknown, mixed or depends on some future action.
How do you use Schrödinger's in a sentence?
I’m characterizing this phenomenon as Schrödinger's Friendship.
What part of speech is Schrödinger's?
Schrödinger's is an adjective.

Words near Schrödinger's in the dictionary

  1. Schrödinger equations
  2. Schrödinger kitten
  3. Schrödinger kittens
  4. Schrödinger wave function
  5. Schrödinger wave functions
  6. Schrödinger's
  7. Schrödinger's cat
  8. Schrödinger's cats
  9. Schrödinger's douchebag
  10. Schrödinger's douchebags
  11. Schrödinger's equation

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