Heisenberg uncertainty principle

American  

noun

Physics.

1. uncertainty principle.

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle British  

/ ˈhaɪzənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a more formal name for uncertainty principle

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle Cultural  

1. See uncertainty principle.

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Etymology

Origin of Heisenberg uncertainty principle

First recorded in 1965–70; named after W. K. Heisenberg

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Heisenberg uncertainty principle

Since a bolometer measures power, or photon number, it is not bound to add quantum noise stemming from the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in the way that parametric amplifiers are.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 10, 2024

Others exploit the trade-offs implicit in the famous Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 27, 2022

By creating this stable state, the researchers were able to make many measurements of the same entanglement with the goal of “evading” the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

From Scientific American ● May 6, 2021

This is summed up in what we now call the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: It is fundamentally impossible to determine simultaneously and exactly both the momentum and the position of a particle.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

The force of nothing is caused by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife