UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does uncertainty principle mean? • UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE (noun)
The noun UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:
1. (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
Familiarity information: UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE (noun)
Meaning:
(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
indeterminacy principle; uncertainty principle
Hypernyms ("uncertainty principle" is a kind of...):
scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)
Domain category:
quantum theory ((physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta))
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