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wave-particle duality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The concept applying to all matter and radiation, but most evident in light and particles such as the electron, that properties of waves and of particles are exhibited simultaneously

Word forms

wave-particle duality

Related words

complementarity de Broglie wavelength matter wave quantum mechanics wavicle

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