quantum-wave equation
quantum-wave equation
[′kwän·təm ‚wāv i‚kwā·zhən] (quantum mechanics)
A partial differential equation which relates the spatial and time dependences of the wave function of a system of one or more atomic or subatomic particles; examples are the Schrödinger equation in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, and the Klein-Gordon, Dirac, Rarita-Schwinger and Proca equations in relativistic quantum mechanics.
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