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uncertainty principle — Physics. the principle of quantum mechanics, formulated by Heisenberg, that the accurate measurement of one of two related, observable quantities, as position and momentum or energy and time, produces uncertainties in the measurement of the other … Universalium
Uncertainty principle — In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that locating a particle in a small region of space makes the momentum of the particle uncertain; and conversely, that measuring the momentum of a particle precisely makes the… … Wikipedia
uncertainty — noun 1) the uncertainty of the stock market Syn: unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, precariousness, changeability, variability, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice Ant: predictability 2) uncer … Thesaurus of popular words
Uncertainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncertainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncertainty uncertainty incertitude doubt Sgm: N 1 doubtfulness doubtfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 dubiety dubiety dubitation dubitancy| dubitousness GRP … English dictionary for students
uncertainty — Synonyms and related words: Pyrrhonism, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, agitation, ambiguity, ambiguousness, ambitendency, ambivalence, amphibology, anxiety, apprehension, arrhythmia, bleariness, blur, blurriness, bother,… … Moby Thesaurus
uncertainty — The state or quality of being unknown or vague. Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, e.g., a will, as to render it unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no definite meaning… … Black's law dictionary
Anxiety/Uncertainty Management — (AUM) is a theory developed by Dr. William B. Gudykunst in an attempt to define what makes up effective communication. Gudykunst’s research began in 1985 using existing theories as a starting point. Specifically, the existing research of… … Wikipedia
Fear, uncertainty and doubt — (FUD) is a tactic of rhetoric and fallacy used in sales, marketing, public relationscite book | last = Harris | first = Rhonda | title = The Complete Sales Letter Book | publisher = Sharpe Professional | location = Armonk | year = 1998 | isbn =… … Wikipedia
double meaning — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, ambiguousness, amphibology, complexity of meaning, double entendre, double reference, equivocacy, equivocality, equivocalness, equivocation, equivoque, irony, levels of meaning, multivocality, paronomasia,… … Moby Thesaurus
ambiguity — I noun abstruseness, ambiguitas, bafflement, bewilderment, confounded meaning, confused meaning, confusion, disconcertion, doubtful meaning, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, duplexity in meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, incertitude,… … Law dictionary
