An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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.

See also: → wave; → particle; → duality.