wavefunction

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• 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

Broader meaning words

• function

Origin

• From wave + function.