(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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Examples for "uncertainty principle "
Examples for "uncertainty principle "
1 More specifically, the famous uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics led them astray.
2 Recall the discussion of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle from the preceding chapter.
3 It's one of the possible implications of the quantum uncertainty principle .
4 Even if we leave the uncertainty principle out of the discussion?
5 Here were the simple laws of physics, before any uncertainty principle .
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Translations for indeterminacy principle