prequantal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ quantal

Adjective[edit]

prequantal (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the introduction of quantum theory.
    • 2013, M. Bunge, Quantum Theory and Reality:
      This assertion epitomizes the Copenhagen Interpretation and clearly contradicts the epistemology of prequantal science.
    • 2016, Kamal K. Nandi, Alexander A. Potapov, Ramil Izmailov, Amarjit Tamang, James C. Evans, “Stability and instability of Ellis and phantom wormholes: Are there ghosts?”, in Phys. Rev. D[1], volume 104044:
      We shall then reexamine stability of Ellis and phantom wormholes from the viewpoint of local and asymptotic observers by using a completely different approach, viz., we adapt Tangherlini's nondeterministic, prequantal statistical simulation about photon motion in the real optical medium to an effective medium reformulation of motions obtained via Hamilton's optical-mechanical analogy in a gravity field.