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energy spread

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energy spread [′en·ər·jē ‚spred]
(quantum mechanics)
The width in energy of a wave packet or metastable state.


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While much of the quake's energy spread along the planet's surface, some radiated downward, traveled through Earth's core and then returned to the surface in Japan, where more than 700 seismometers picked up the vibes.
Many more could soon join them as nuclear energy spreads across the world, providing access to bomb-making technology.
This is the job of a bulb, because we want visible energy spread out as much as possible.
 
 
 
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