wave-particle duality

English

Noun

wave-particle duality

1. (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

Translations

concept applying to matter and radiation

• Finnish: aalto-hiukkasdualismi (fi)
• German: Welle-Teilchen-Dualismus (de)
• Greek: κυματοσωματιδιακός δυϊσμός (kymatosomatidiakós dyïsmós)
• Hungarian: hullám-részecske kettősség (hu)
• Italian: dualismo onda-particella
• Japanese: 粒子と波動の二重性 (りゅうしとはどうのにじゅうせい, ryūshi to hadō no nishūsē)
• Polish: dualizm korpuskularno-falowy (pl)
• Romanian: dualitate undă-particulă f
• Russian: корпускулярно-волновой дуализм (korpuskuljarno-volnovoj dualizm)
• Spanish: dualidad onda corpúsculo
• Swedish: våg-partikeldualitet
• Vietnamese: lưỡng tính sóng-hạt

See also

• complementarity
• de Broglie wavelength
• matter wave
• quantum mechanics
• wavicle