zitterbewegung
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See also: Zitterbewegung
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German zittern (“to tremble, jitter”) + Bewegung (“motion”).
Noun
[edit]zitterbewegung (uncountable)
- (physics) An extremely fast oscillation of free electrons (and other particles) predicted by some solutions of the Dirac equation