Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spatial wave function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: spa-tial wave -func-tion
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A separable wavefunction times e^(iEt/ hbar), which is thus a function of only space and not time.

Example Sentences

"Ψ( bold r_1, bold r_2,t)=ψ( bold r_1, bold r_2)e, where the spatial wave function (ψ) satisfies the time-independent Schrödinger equation: ..."

Inflected Forms

spatial wave functions (plural)

Questions

What does spatial wave function mean?: A separable wavefunction times e^(iEt/ hbar), which is thus a function of only space and not time.

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