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waveiclenounAlternative form of wavicle. [(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.]
wave-particlenoun(quantum mechanics) An entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
quantonnoun(physics) Any quantum entity that shows the properties of both a particle and a wave
matterwavenoun(physics) A travelling particle considered in terms of its wavelike properties
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.
wave-particle dualitynoun(physics) The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously
wave mechanicsnoun(physics, mathematics) The mathematical basis for quantum mechanics in which light and subatomic particles have the characteristics of both waves and particles.
wave functionnounAlternative spelling of wavefunction. [(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.]
wavevectornounAlternative spelling of wave vector. [(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]
wave packetnoun(physics) a collection of waves, travelling together
weyl fermionnoun(electronics, quantum mechanics) A massless quasiparticle and fermion, which carries electric charge, and cannot move backwards, that may exist in Weyl semimetals, where an electron can be split into two Weyl fermions which move in opposite directions, which can form an electron by combining two Weyl fermions.
wavepacketnoun(physics) Alternative spelling of wave packet. [(physics) a collection of waves, travelling together]
virtual particlenoun(physics) a particle that exists for a limited time and space, introducing uncertainty in their energy and momentum
biwaveletnoun(physics) A pair of coherent wavelets
wavenounA moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
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.
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
quasiparticlenoun(particle physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
w particlenoun(particle physics) Synonym of W-boson.
semiwavenoun(physics) Half of a wave.

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