"double-slit experiment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: double-slit experiments [plural]
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  1. (physics) An experiment demonstrating that light and matter can satisfy the seemingly incongruous classical definitions for both waves and particles, regarded as evidence for the fundamentally probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics. A coherent light source, such as a laser beam, illuminates a plate pierced by two parallel slits, and the light passing through the slits is observed on a screen behind the plate, where the wave nature of light causes bright and dark bands due to interference. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-double-slit_experiment-en-noun-oGDGJRYM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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