1. Noun
A limit on how precisely some pairs of quantum properties can be known together.
The quantum principle that certain pairs of observables cannot both have arbitrarily precise values.
“The uncertainty principle applies to position and momentum.”
2. Noun
(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time
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