HyperDic: uncertainty_principle

English > 1 sense of the expression uncertainty principle:
NOUNcognitionuncertainty principle, indeterminacy 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 > uncertainty 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.
Synonymindeterminacy 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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