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wavefunction collapse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables
wave-func-tion -col-lapse
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

wavefunction collapses (plural)

Phrases

measurement problem quantum measurement problem uncertainty principle

Frequently Paired Words

measurement problem quantum measurement problem uncertainty principle

Synonyms

state vector collapse

Questions

What does wavefunction collapse mean?
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.

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