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wave-particle duality

دوگانگی ِ موج-ذره

dogânegi-ye mowj-zarré

Fr.: dualité onde-particule

The principle admitted in → quantum mechanics that all particles have a wave-like nature and that waves have a particle aspect. The wave-particle duality is of fundamental importance in obtaining a realistic picture of the → elementary particles.
See also: → particle nature, → wave nature, → de Broglie hypothesis, → Davisson-Germer experiment.

→ wave; → particle; → duality.

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