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wavefunction collapses

wavefunction collapses is the plural of wavefunction collapse.

Meaning of wavefunction collapse

Noun

wavefunction collapse (countable and uncountable, plural wavefunction collapses)

  1. (quantum mechanics) The phenomenon in which a wavefunction — initially in a superposition of several different possible eigenstates — appears to reduce to a single one of those states after interaction with an observer: the reduction of the physical possibilities into a single possibility as seen by an observer.
    Synonyms:
    state vector collapse

Questions about wavefunction collapses

What is wavefunction collapses the plural of?
Wavefunction collapses is the plural of wavefunction collapse.

Words near wavefunction collapses in the dictionary

  1. wavefronts
  2. waveful
  3. wavefuls
  4. wavefunction
  5. wavefunction collapse
  6. wavefunction collapses
  7. wavefunctions
  8. wavegram
  9. wavegrams
  10. waveguide
  11. waveguided

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