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Meaning of wavefunction collapse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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The phenomenon in which a wavefunctioninitially in a superposition of several different possible eigenstates — appears to reduce to a single one of those states after interaction with an observer: the reduction of the physical possibilities into a single possibility as seen by an observer.

countable, uncountable

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Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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