English Explanatory Dictionary

spooky action at a distance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of quantum entanglement.

Word forms

spooky action at a distance

Etymology

Calque of German spukhafte Fernwirkung. Coined by Albert Einstein in a letter to Max Born on March 3, 1947 to express his skepticism about quantum mechanics, where two particles may interact instantaneously over a distance.

Synonyms

quantum entanglement
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