Uncertainty Principle Definition

ŭn-sûrtn-tē
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In quantum mechanics, the principle that it is impossible to measure simultaneously and exactly two related quantities, as both the position and the momentum of an electron.
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Uncertainty Principle Sentence Examples

  • Rescrubbing on wax of the following rob McCoy a uncertainty principle.

  • The electrons have an orbit of minimum energy from which they cannot fall into the nucleus without violating the uncertainty principle.

  • The Heisenberg uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics implies that vacuum fluctuations are present in every quantum theory.

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