"wave-particle duality" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (physics) The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously Wikipedia link: wave-particle duality Categories (topical): Physics Related terms: complementarity, de Broglie wavelength, matter wave, quantum mechanics, wavicle Translations (concept applying to matter and radiation): aalto-hiukkasdualismi (Finnish), Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus (German), κυματοσωματιδιακός δυϊσμός (kymatosomatidiakós dyïsmós) (Greek), hullám-részecske kettősség (Hungarian), dualismo onda-particella (Italian), 粒子と波動の二重性 (ryūshi to hadō no nishūsē) (alt: りゅうしとはどうのにじゅうせい) (Japanese), dualizm korpuskularno-falowy (Polish), dualitate undă-particulă [feminine] (Romanian), корпускулярно-волновой дуализм (korpuskuljarno-volnovoj dualizm) (Russian), dualidad onda corpúsculo (Spanish), våg-partikeldualitet (Swedish), lưỡng tính sóng-hạt (Vietnamese)
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