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wavefunction

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From wave + function.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: golffunksie — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Arabic: دَالَّة مَوْجِيَّة (dālla mawjiyya) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Armenian: ալիքային ֆունկցիա (alikʻayin funkcʻia) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Asturian: función d'onda — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Basque: uhin-funtzio — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Belarusian: хвалевая функцыя (xvaljevaja funkcyja) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Bengali: তরঙ্গ ফাংশন (toroṅgo phaṅśon) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Bulgarian: вълнова функция (vǎlnova funkcija) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Catalan: funció d'ona — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Chinese Cantonese: 波函數 /波函数 (bo1 haam4 sou3) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 波函數 /波函数 (bōhánshù) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Chuvash: хумла функци (humla funktsi) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Czech: vlnová funkce — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Danish: bølgefunktion — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Dutch: golffunctie — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Esperanto: ondfunkcio — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Estonian: lainefunktsioon — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Finnish: aaltofunktio — notion in quantum mechanics
  • French: fonction d'onde — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Galician: función de onda — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Georgian: ტალღური ფუნქცია (ṭalɣuri punkcia) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • German: Wellenfunktion — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Greek: κυματοσυνάρτηση (kymatosynártisi) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Hebrew: פונקציית גל — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Hungarian: hullámfüggvény — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Icelandic: bylgjufall — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Indonesian: fungsi gelombang — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Irish: tonnfheidhm — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Italian: funzione d'onda — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Japanese: 波動関数 (hadō kansū) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Kazakh: толқындық функция (tolqyndyq funksiä) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Korean: 파동함수 (padonghamsu) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Lithuanian: banginė funkcija — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Macedonian: бранова функција (branova funkcija) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bølgefunksjon — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bølgjefunksjon — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Persian: تابع موج (tâbe'-e mowj) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Polish: funkcja falowa — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Portuguese: função de onda — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Punjabi: ਵੇਵ ਫੰਕਸ਼ਨ (vev phaṅkśan) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Romanian: funcție de undă — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Russian: волнова́я фу́нкция (volnovája fúnkcija) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Serbo-Croatian: talasna funkcija — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Serbo-Croatian: valna funkcija — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Slovak: vlnová funkcia — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Slovene: valóvna fúnkcija — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Spanish: función de onda — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Swedish: vågfunktion — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Turkish: dalga fonksiyonu — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Ukrainian: хвильова́ фу́нкція (xvylʹová fúnkcija) — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Uzbek: toʻlqin funksiyasi — notion in quantum mechanics
  • Vietnamese: hàm sóng — notion in quantum mechanics