Definitions
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- noun quantum mechanics A
wave-particle ; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of awave and aparticiple .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some physicists believe that light is neither a wave nor a particle, but rather a so-called wavicle—an idea that is virtually impossible to imagine.
The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011
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Some physicists believe that light is neither a wave nor a particle, but rather a so-called wavicle—an idea that is virtually impossible to imagine.
The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011
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Some physicists believe that light is neither a wave nor a particle, but rather a so-called wavicle—an idea that is virtually impossible to imagine.
The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011
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Some physicists believe that light is neither a wave nor a particle, but rather a so-called wavicle—an idea that is virtually impossible to imagine.
The Sacred Promise Phd Gary E. Schwartz 2011
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This event catalyzed a year-long quest to develop an observer/participant art form reflecting the integration of time (particle) and space (wave) into the living breathing presence of a new archetype, the "wavicle" reflecting Tambellini's space/time experiments in art & physics at MIT, anticipating the hyperdimensional model based on the torsion effect of the rotation of the planets and their satellites arising from behind the Iron Curtain.
Lisa Paul Streitfeld: (R)evolution in Art & Physics: The All-Round Genius of Aldo Tambellini Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2010
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The dynamic stillness between particle and wave is where we confront the wavicle: an awareness of the imperceptibility of the power of the symbol delivering a new aesthetic to the avant-garde.
Lisa Paul Streitfeld: Modernist (R)evolution in Performance: Ralph Lemon's Middle Passage Lisa Paul Streitfeld 2010
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Mostly they've tried to handle the 'beam-tapping' problem in deepspace communications by avoiding it … defeating it at sending and receiving ends with 'unbreakable' codes, hypercoherent wavicle packets, all that silliness.
My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000
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Mostly they've tried to handle the 'beam-tapping' problem in deepspace communications by avoiding it … defeating it at sending and receiving ends with 'unbreakable' codes, hypercoherent wavicle packets, all that silliness.
My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000
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Mostly they've tried to handle the 'beam-tapping' problem in deepspace communications by avoiding it … defeating it at sending and receiving ends with 'unbreakable' codes, hypercoherent wavicle packets, all that silliness.
My Enemy My Ally Diane Duane 2000
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If there is an elementary particle, or wavicle, of thought, a faster-than-light one like the tachyon might be a good candidate for the honor.
Spock Must Die Blish, James 1970
alexz commented on the word wavicle
wiktionary got this one wrong in the above sample (but updated it on their site)
April 11, 2017