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- noun quantum mechanics An alternative name for the
Heisenberg uncertainty principle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
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