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A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h2eh2óyḱe Proto-Germanic *aiganą Proto-Germanic *aiganaz Proto-West Germanic *aigan Old High German eigan Middle High German eigen German eigenbor. English eigen- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh2-tu-s ~ *sth2-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English eigenstate From eigen- + state.
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