Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wave-particle_duality

1 sense of wave-particle duality

Sense 1
duality, wave-particle duality -- ((physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory)
       => property -- (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles")