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indeterminacy principle
indeterminacy principle
/ ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ /
noun
- another name for uncertainty principle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of indeterminacy principle1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
It may turn out, as some scientists suggest, that we are forever precluded from investigating consciousness by a sort of indeterminacy principle that stipulates that the very act of looking will make it twitch and blur out of sight.
From Literature
Heisenberg's outstanding contribution, for which he won the Nobel Prize at 31, was the formulation of the uncertainty, or indeterminacy principle.
In 1927 Werner Heisenberg announced his famed Indeterminacy Principle, which holds that it is impossible to determine both the position and the velocity of an electron.
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