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WAVE MECHANICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wave mechanics mean?
• WAVE MECHANICS (noun)
The noun WAVE MECHANICS has 1 sense:
1. the modern form of quantum theory; an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation; atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves
Familiarity information: WAVE MECHANICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The modern form of quantum theory; an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation; atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("wave mechanics" is a kind of...):
quantum mechanics (the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle))
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