English Explanatory Dictionary

false vacuum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (hypothetical) metastable vacuum whose energy state is at a local minimum different from the global minimum; a vacuum that is relatively stable and long-lived but which still may decay to a lower-energy state.

Word forms

false vacuum false vacuums false vacua false-vacuum

Derived words

false vacuum decay false vacuum energy
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