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Wave function
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.
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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.
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| wavefunctionnoun | (physics) 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. |
| electron wave functionnoun | (physics) A function of the position and spin of an electron; related to the probability of finding the electron in a specified position |
| wave mechanicsnoun | (physics, mathematics) The mathematical basis for quantum mechanics in which light and subatomic particles have the characteristics of both waves and particles. |
| schrödinger wave functionnoun | (physics) A function which is a solution of Schrödinger's wave equation; the psi function |
| transmission functionnoun | (mathematical analysis) The mathematical function of an electromagnetic wave is a measure of the change undergone by the amplitude of the wave as it propagates in a given direction, which is also called the propagation constant. |
| wavefieldnoun | (physics) The extended area or space taken up by a wave. |
| waveiclenoun | Alternative form of wavicle. [(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.] |
| matterwavenoun | (physics) A travelling particle considered in terms of its wavelike properties |
| wave vectornoun | (physics, mathematics) A vector whose direction is that of the direction of propagation of a wave, and whose magnitude is inversely proportional to its wavelength |
| wavepacketnoun | (physics) Alternative spelling of wave packet. [(physics) a collection of waves, travelling together] |
| wave-particlenoun | (quantum mechanics) An entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle. |
| waviclenoun | (quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle. |
| schrödinger's wave equationnoun | (physics) A three-dimensional partial differential equation which determines the evolution of a quantum mechanical wave function |
| spinwavenoun | Alternative form of spin wave. [(physics) a wave, propagated through a crystal lattice as a result of changes in the spin angular momentum of electrons in the lattice] |
| wave packetnoun | (physics) a collection of waves, travelling together |
| wavefunction collapsenoun | (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. |
| psi functionnoun | (physics) The Schrödinger wave function |
| quantum fieldnoun | (quantum mechanics) A quantum operator-valued function of (any point in) space. |
| waveformnoun | (physics, engineering) The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a characteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time. |
| spatial wave functionnoun | (physics) A separable wavefunction times e^(iEt/ hbar), which is thus a function of only space and not time. |
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