zitterbewegung

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See also: Zitterbewegung

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German zittern (“to tremble, jitter”) + Bewegung (“motion”).

Noun[edit]

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zitterbewegung (uncountable)

  1. (physics) An extremely fast oscillation of free electrons (and other particles) predicted by some solutions of the Dirac equation
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