OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 44447

indeterminism

Meanings (ES + gloss)
indeterminismo
A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
The classic examples in physics involve relativity theory and quantum theory and the recognition of the indeterminisms underlying those required the genius of Einstein and of Heise…
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