Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun indeterminacy_principle

1 sense of indeterminacy principle

Sense 1
uncertainty principle, indeterminacy principle -- ((quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time)
       => scientific theory -- (a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable")