wave-particle duality

noun

wave-particle duality

noun
1

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics 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

Related terms
complementarity, de Broglie wavelength, matter wave, quantum mechanics, wavicle

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