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many-worlds interpretation

British  

noun

  1. an interpretation of quantum mechanics based on the idea that every possible event exists in its own world

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But if you subscribe to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, there’s another universe somewhere in which everybody — whether teen, adult, male, female or nonbinary — sings just like Alanis Morissette.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

This, then, is my attempt to play with the many-worlds interpretation by way of Terry Pratchett.

From Nature • Aug. 11, 2020

Labyrinths and strange books are both present here, as is a theory of existence that anticipates the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2019

He is renowned for his ideas about quantum computation, and for his insistence that the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics is true.

From Scientific American • Jan. 20, 2018

In quantum mechanics, the many-worlds interpretation states that every event causes the universe to split off into different versions that encompass all possibilities.

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2017

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