zitterbewegung

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See also: Zitterbewegung

English

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Etymology

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From German zittern (to tremble, jitter) + Bewegung (motion).

Noun

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zitterbewegung (uncountable)

  1. (physics) An extremely fast oscillation of free electrons (and other particles) predicted by some solutions of the Dirac equation