Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wightman axiom

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: wight-man ax-iom
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of axioms representing an attempt at a mathematically rigorous formulation of quantum field theory.

Etymology

Named after American physicist Arthur Wightman, who formulated them in the early 1950s.

Inflected Forms

Wightman axioms (plural)

Questions

What does wightman axiom mean?: Any of a number of axioms representing an attempt at a mathematically rigorous formulation of quantum field theory.
Where does wightman axiom come from?: Named after American physicist Arthur Wightman, who formulated them in the early 1950s.

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