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schrödinger's kitten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
schrodinger's kit-ten
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several experiments that show the paradoxical effects of quantum mechanics on a small scale, especially one that shows an atom to be in two places at the same time.

Informal

Etymology

From Schrödinger's cat plus the notion of diminutiveness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Schrödinger's kittens (plural) Schrödinger kitten (alternative) Schrodinger's kitten (alternative) Schrodinger kitten (alternative) Schroedinger's kitten (alternative) Schroedinger kitten (alternative)

Questions

What does schrödinger's kitten mean?
Any of several experiments that show the paradoxical effects of quantum mechanics on a small scale, especially one that shows an atom to be in two places at the same time.
Where does schrödinger's kitten come from?
From Schrödinger's cat plus the notion of diminutiveness.

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