Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

probability amplitude

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: prob-a-bil-i-ty am-pli-tude
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A complex number which is the coefficient of a component of a quantum state and whose product with its own complex conjugate gives the probability that the state will collapse to that component (when measured). (Note: the quantum state being thought of as a linear combination of its components.)

Inflected Forms

probability amplitudes (plural)

Questions

What does probability amplitude mean?: A complex number which is the coefficient of a component of a quantum state and whose product with its own complex conjugate gives the probability that the state will collapse to that component (when measured). (Note: the quantum state being thought of as a linear combination of its components.)

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