"wavefunction collapse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wavefunction collapses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wavefunction collapse (countable and uncountable, plural wavefunction collapses)
  1. (quantum mechanics) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: state vector collapse Related terms: measurement problem, quantum measurement problem, uncertainty principle Translations (Translations): 波函數坍縮 /波函数坍缩 (bōhánshù tānsuō) (Chinese Mandarin), Kollaps der Wellenfunktion [masculine] (German), Zustandsreduktion [feminine] (German), kolaps funkcji falowej [masculine] (Polish)

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