wavefunction

See also: wave function

English

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wavefunction

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

wave function

Etymology

From wave +‎ function.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/

Noun

wavefunction (plural wavefunctions)

(physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 41:
  The interpretation of the wavefunction was one of the thorny issues facing the early pioneers of quantum theory.

Hypernyms

function

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of "wavefunction"/"wave function"

Derived terms

wavefunction collapse

Translations

notion in quantum mechanics

Afrikaans: golffunksie
Arabic: دَالَّة مَوْجِيَّة f (dālla mawjiyya)
Armenian: ալիքային ֆունկցիա (alikʻayin funkcʻia)
Asturian: función d'onda f
Basque: uhin-funtzio
Belarusian: хвалевая функцыя f (xvaljevaja funkcyja)
Bengali: তরঙ্গ ফাংশন (toroṅgo phaṅśon)
Bulgarian: вълнова функция f (vǎlnova funkcija)
Catalan: funció d'ona f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 波函數 / 波函数 (bo¹ haam⁴ sou³)

Mandarin: 波函數 / 波函数 (zh) (bōhánshù)
Chuvash: хумла функци (humla funktsi)
Czech: vlnová funkce f
Danish: bølgefunktion c
Dutch: golffunctie (nl) f
Esperanto: ondfunkcio
Estonian: lainefunktsioon (et)
Finnish: aaltofunktio (fi)
French: fonction d’onde (fr) f
Galician: función de onda (gl) f
Georgian: ტალღური ფუნქცია (ṭalɣuri punkcia)
German: Wellenfunktion f
Greek: κυματοσυνάρτηση (el) f (kymatosynártisi)
Hebrew: פונקציית גל
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: hullámfüggvény (hu)
Icelandic: bylgjufall n
Indonesian: fungsi gelombang
Irish: tonnfheidhm
Italian: funzione d'onda f
Japanese: 波動関数 (ja) (hadō kansū)
Kazakh: толқындық функция (tolqyndyq funksiä)
Korean: 파동함수(波動函數) (padonghamsu)
Lithuanian: banginė funkcija f
Macedonian: бранова функција f (branova funkcija)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bølgefunksjon m

Nynorsk: bølgjefunksjon m
Persian: تابع موج (tâbe'-e mowj)
Polish: funkcja falowa f
Portuguese: função de onda f
Punjabi: ਵੇਵ ਫੰਕਸ਼ਨ (vev phaṅkśan)
Romanian: funcție de undă f
Russian: волнова́я фу́нкция (ru) f (volnovája fúnkcija)
Serbo-Croatian: talasna funkcija f, valna funkcija f
Slovak: vlnová funkcia f
Slovene: valóvna fúnkcija f
Spanish: función de onda f
Swedish: vågfunktion c
Turkish: dalga fonksiyonu
Ukrainian: хвильова функція f (xvylʹova funkcija)
Uzbek: toʻlqin funksiyasi
Vietnamese: hàm sóng