HyperDic: indeterminacy_principle

English > 1 sense of the expression indeterminacy principle:
NOUNcognitionindeterminacy principle, uncertainty principle(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
English > indeterminacy principle: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time.
Synonymuncertainty principle
Categoryquantum theory(physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)
Broaderscientific theoryA theory that explains scientific observations

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