UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE


Meaning of UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1929

: a principle in quantum mechanics: it is impossible to discern simultaneously and with high accuracy both the position and the momentum of a particle (as an electron) — called also Heisenberg uncertainty principle

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