"probability amplitude" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: probability amplitudes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} probability amplitude (plural probability amplitudes)
  1. (quantum mechanics) A complex number which is the coefficient of a component of a quantum state and whose product with its own complex conjugate gives the probability that the state will collapse to that component (when measured). (Note: the quantum state being thought of as a linear combination of its components.) Wikipedia link: probability amplitude Categories (topical): Quantum mechanics
    Sense id: en-probability_amplitude-en-noun-~h1Q70l7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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