"wavefunction" meaning in English

See wavefunction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/ Forms: wavefunctions [plural]
Etymology: From wave + function. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wave|function}} wave + function Head templates: {{en-noun}} wavefunction (plural wavefunctions)
  1. (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space. Wikipedia link: wavefunction Categories (topical): Functions, Physics, Quantum mechanics Synonyms: wave function Hypernyms: function Derived forms: wavefunction collapse Related terms: Hilbert space, orbital, quantum mechanics Translations (notion in quantum mechanics): golffunksie (Afrikaans), دَالَّة مَوْجِيَّة (dālla mawjiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ալիքային ֆունկցիա (alikʻayin funkcʻia) (Armenian), función d'onda [feminine] (Asturian), uhin-funtzio (Basque), хвалевая функцыя (xvaljevaja funkcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), তরঙ্গ ফাংশন (toroṅgo phaṅśon) (Bengali), вълнова функция (vǎlnova funkcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), funció d'ona [feminine] (Catalan), 波函數 (Chinese Cantonese), 波函数 (bo¹ haam⁴ sou³) (Chinese Cantonese), 波函數 (Chinese Mandarin), 波函数 (bōhánshù) (Chinese Mandarin), хумла функци (humla funktsi) (Chuvash), vlnová funkce [feminine] (Czech), bølgefunktion [common-gender] (Danish), golffunctie [feminine] (Dutch), ondfunkcio (Esperanto), lainefunktsioon (Estonian), aaltofunktio (Finnish), fonction d’onde [feminine] (French), función de onda [feminine] (Galician), ტალღური ფუნქცია (ṭalɣuri punkcia) (Georgian), Wellenfunktion [feminine] (German), κυματοσυνάρτηση (kymatosynártisi) [feminine] (Greek), פונקציית גל (Hebrew), hullámfüggvény (Hungarian), bylgjufall [neuter] (Icelandic), fungsi gelombang (Indonesian), tonnfheidhm (Irish), funzione d'onda [feminine] (Italian), 波動関数 (hadō kansū) (Japanese), толқындық функция (tolqyndyq funksiä) (Kazakh), 파동함수 (padonghamsu) (alt: 波動函數) (Korean), banginė funkcija [feminine] (Lithuanian), бранова функција (branova funkcija) [feminine] (Macedonian), bølgefunksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bølgjefunksjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تابع موج (tâbe'-e mowj) (Persian), funkcja falowa [feminine] (Polish), função de onda [feminine] (Portuguese), ਵੇਵ ਫੰਕਸ਼ਨ (vev phaṅkśan) (Punjabi), funcție de undă [feminine] (Romanian), волнова́я фу́нкция (volnovája fúnkcija) [feminine] (Russian), talasna funkcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), valna funkcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vlnová funkcia [feminine] (Slovak), valóvna fúnkcija [feminine] (Slovene), función de onda [feminine] (Spanish), vågfunktion [common-gender] (Swedish), dalga fonksiyonu (Turkish), хвильова функція (xvylʹova funkcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), toʻlqin funksiyasi (Uzbek), hàm sóng (Vietnamese)
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      "code": "sh",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.