indeterminacy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of indeterminacy
First recorded in 1640–50; indetermin(ate) + -acy
Example Sentences
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Cage recounted the incident matter-of-factly in one of the short anecdotes in Indeterminacy, noting that “hellebore has pleated leaves, skunk cabbage does not”.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2020
Volume one includes various mushroom-oriented anecdotes from Indeterminacy, Cage’s collection of one-minute-long stories, reflections and jokes, as well as a complete transcript of a 1983 spoken performance, Mushrooms et Variationes.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2020
In 1965, "Indeterminacy" was used for Cunningham's mischievous dance "How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run," with new stories, some surprisingly catty, added.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2015
In 1927 Werner Heisenberg announced his famed Indeterminacy Principle, which holds that it is impossible to determine both the position and the velocity of an electron.
From Time Magazine Archive
This, then, is the principle of Indeterminacy as it has been encountered in the course of practical investigation into the electrical processes within physical matter.
From Man or Matter by Lehrs, Ernst
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