indeterminacy principle

1. 1.

   (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time

   Synonymsuncertainty principle

   Broaderscientific theory

   quantum theory

Questions about indeterminacy principle

What does indeterminacy principle mean?

indeterminacy principle means "(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time".

What is another word for indeterminacy principle?

Close synonyms include uncertainty principle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indeterminacy principle a common word?

indeterminacy principle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.