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wavefunction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From wave + function.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • The interpretation of the wavefunction was one of the thorny issues facing the early pioneers of quantum theory. 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 41:

Forms

Deriveds

wavefunction collapse

Hypernyms

function

Hyponyms

Lamé wavefunction · adjoint wavefunction · electron wavefunction · Dirac wavefunction · adjoint wave function · antisymmetric wavefunction · momentum wavefunction · Schrödinger wavefunction · hybrid wavefunction · antisymmetric wave function · electron wave function · Lamé wave function · Schrödinger wave function · hybrid wave function · Dirac wave function · antisymmetrized wave function · momentum wave function · antisymmetrized wavefunction

Relateds

quantum mechanics · Hilbert space · orbital

Translations (52)

ca funció d'ona (notion in quantum mechanics) · pl funkcja falowa (notion in quantum mechanics) · ka ტალღური ფუნქცია (notion in quantum mechanics) · ru волнова́я фу́нкция (notion in quantum mechanics) · ko 파동함수 (notion in quantum mechanics) · id fungsi gelombang (notion in quantum mechanics) · uz toʻlqin funksiyasi (notion in quantum mechanics) · eo ondfunkcio (notion in quantum mechanics) · he פונקציית גל (notion in quantum mechanics) · sk vlnová funkcia (notion in quantum mechanics) · nl golffunctie (notion in quantum mechanics) · ar دَالَّة مَوْجِيَّة (notion in quantum mechanics) · hu hullámfüggvény (notion in quantum mechanics) · cmn 波函數 /波函数 (notion in quantum mechanics) · tr dalga fonksiyonu (notion in quantum mechanics) · da bølgefunktion (notion in quantum mechanics) · es función de onda (notion in quantum mechanics) · bg вълнова функция (notion in quantum mechanics) · be хвалевая функцыя (notion in quantum mechanics) · af golffunksie (notion in quantum mechanics) · pa ਵੇਵ ਫੰਕਸ਼ਨ (notion in quantum mechanics) · ro funcție de undă (notion in quantum mechanics) · nn bølgjefunksjon (notion in quantum mechanics) · el κυματοσυνάρτηση (notion in quantum mechanics) · pt função de onda (notion in quantum mechanics) · lt banginė funkcija (notion in quantum mechanics) · de Wellenfunktion (notion in quantum mechanics) · fr fonction d'onde (notion in quantum mechanics) · yue 波函數 /波函数 (notion in quantum mechanics) · fi aaltofunktio (notion in quantum mechanics) · nb bølgefunksjon (notion in quantum mechanics) · fa تابع موج (notion in quantum mechanics) · kk толқындық функция (notion in quantum mechanics) · hy ալիքային ֆունկցիա (notion in quantum mechanics) · cv хумла функци (notion in quantum mechanics) · is bylgjufall (notion in quantum mechanics) · bn তরঙ্গ ফাংশন (notion in quantum mechanics) · ast función d'onda (notion in quantum mechanics) · ga tonnfheidhm (notion in quantum mechanics) · vi hàm sóng (notion in quantum mechanics) · cs vlnová funkce (notion in quantum mechanics) · sv vågfunktion (notion in quantum mechanics) · sl valóvna fúnkcija (notion in quantum mechanics) · uk хвильова́ фу́нкція (notion in quantum mechanics) · gl función de onda (notion in quantum mechanics) · mk бранова функција (notion in quantum mechanics) · ja 波動関数 (notion in quantum mechanics) · et lainefunktsioon (notion in quantum mechanics) · eu uhin-funtzio (notion in quantum mechanics) · sh valna funkcija (notion in quantum mechanics) · it funzione d'onda (notion in quantum mechanics) · sh talasna funkcija (notion in quantum mechanics)