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heisenberg

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Heisenberg had never heard of a matrix before despite discovering Heisenberg matrix mechanics.

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A surname from German.

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noun

A surname from German.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for heisenberg.

noun

A surname from German.

Example sentences

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Heisenberg had never heard of a matrix before despite discovering Heisenberg matrix mechanics.

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If you are going to be pedantic, please explain how anything in the Heisenberg Uncertainty-bounded universe can have a transcendental size.

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When Werner Heisenberg was pulled over by the Munich police, he couldn't tell them how fast he was going, but he knew exactly where he was.

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I think you can do it, but you'd probably want to start with density matrices, or use the Heisenberg picture to keep your wavefunction super-simple.

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Or for that matter Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

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I think the Dunning-Kruger thing is a nice idea but it's immediately ruined once you become aware of it, like a Heisenberg uncertainty sort of thing.

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> I think the Dunning-Kruger thing is a nice idea but it's immediately ruined once you become aware of it, like a Heisenberg uncertainty sort of thing.

Quote examples

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And coming up later on the 11:00 news: Heisenberg admits, "I never could have done it without Bohr."

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Heisenberg: "We have to remember that what we observe is not nature herself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."

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I'll add "Physics and Philosophy" by Heisenberg as a personal favorite.

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Frank Herbert's "The Eyes of Heisenberg".

Proper noun examples

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Heisenberg is probably the only one that can be honestly said to have made a profound discovery rivaling Einstein.

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Thus Heisenberg's initial estimate at Farm Hall was wildly wrong, but he refined it to something more-or-less correct in about a week.

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It's a sort of Heisenberg-data - only exists when you look at it.

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How do you use heisenberg in a sentence?

Heisenberg had never heard of a matrix before despite discovering Heisenberg matrix mechanics.

What does heisenberg mean?

A surname from German.

What part of speech is heisenberg?

heisenberg is commonly used as noun.