wavefunction

See also: wave function

English

Alternative forms

• wave function

Etymology

From wave +‎ function.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪv.fʌŋ(k).ʃən/

Noun

wavefunction (plural wavefunctions)

1. (physics) 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.
   • 2011, Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane 2011, p. 41:

     The interpretation of the wavefunction was one of the thorny issues facing the early pioneers of quantum theory.

Hypernyms

• function

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of "wavefunction"/"wave function"

• adjoint wave function/adjoint wavefunction
• antisymmetric wave function/antisymmetric wavefunction
• antisymmetrized wave function/antisymmetrized wavefunction
• Dirac wave function/Dirac wavefunction
• electron wave function/electron wavefunction

• hybrid wave function/hybrid wavefunction
• Lamé wave function/Lamé wavefunction
• momentum wave function/momentum wavefunction
• Schrödinger wave function/Schrödinger wavefunction

Translations

notion in quantum mechanics

• Arabic: دَالَّة مَوْجِيَّة f (dālla mawjiyya)
• Bulgarian: вълнова функция f (vǎlnova funkcija)
• Catalan: funció d'ona f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波函數／波函数 (bo¹ haam⁴ sou³), 波函数 (bo¹ haam⁴ sou³)

  Mandarin: 波函數／波函数 (zh) (bōhánshù), 波函数 (zh) (bōhánshù)

• Czech: vlnová funkce f
• Danish: bølgefunktion c
• Dutch: golffunctie (nl) f
• Esperanto: ondfunkcio
• Estonian: lainefunktsioon (et)
• Finnish: aaltofunktio (fi)
• French: fonction d’onde (fr) f
• Galician: función de onda f
• Georgian: ტალღური ფუნქცია (ṭalɣuri punkcia)
• German: Wellenfunktion f
• Greek: κυματοσυνάρτηση (el) f (kymatosynártisi)
• Hebrew: פונקציית גל
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hullámfüggvény (hu)
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• Icelandic: bylgjufall n
• Italian: funzione d'onda f
• Japanese: 波動関数 (hadō kansū)
• Korean: 파동함수(波動函數) (padonghamsu)
• Lithuanian: banginė funkcija f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bølgefunksjon m

  Nynorsk: bølgjefunksjon m

• Persian: تابع موج (tâbe'-e mowj)
• Polish: funkcja falowa f
• Portuguese: função de onda f
• Romanian: funcție de undă f
• Russian: волнова́я фу́нкция f (volnovája fúnkcija)
• Serbo-Croatian: talasna funkcija f
• Slovak: vlnová funkcia f
• Slovene: valóvna fúnkcija f
• Spanish: función de onda f
• Swedish: vågfunktion c
• Turkish: dalga fonksiyonu
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Hilbert space
• orbital
• quantum mechanics