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wavefunctions

wavefunctions is the plural of wavefunction.

Meaning of wavefunction

Noun

wavefunction (plural wavefunctions)

  1. A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
    • The interpretation of the wavefunction was one of the thorny issues facing the early pioneers of quantum theory.2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 41

Questions about wavefunctions

What is wavefunctions the plural of?
Wavefunctions is the plural of wavefunction.

Words near wavefunctions in the dictionary

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

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