gedanken experiment
1gedanken experiment — /gəˈdʌnkən əkˌspɛrəmənt/ (say guh dunkuhn uhk.speruhmuhnt) noun an experiment carried out in thought, in which postulations must be consistent with logical conclusions, which may then be compared with the results of an actual experiment. Compare… …
2Gedanken experiment — /geuh dahng keuhn/, Physics. See thought experiment. [ < G, pl. of Gedanke thought] * * * …
3Gedanken experiment — /geuh dahng keuhn/, Physics. See thought experiment. [ < G, pl. of Gedanke thought] …
4Experiment — Vermehrung der Erfahrenheit durch den Trieb, allerlei zu versuchen. Kupferstich von Daniel Chodowiecki Ein Experiment (von lateinisch experimentum „Versuch, Beweis, Prüfung, Probe“) im Sinne der Wissenschaft ist eine methodisch angelegte… …
5Wheeler's delayed choice experiment — Quantum mechanics Uncertainty principle …
6Thought experiment — A thought experiment (from the German Gedankenexperiment ) is a proposal for an experiment that would test a hypothesis or theory but cannot actually be performed due to practical limitations; instead its purpose is to explore the potential… …
7Afshar experiment — The Afshar experiment is an optical experiment which may challenge the principle of complementarity in quantum mechanics, although there is as yet no consensus on this in physics. The result of the experiment, which was first devised and carried… …
8GHZ-Experiment — Das GHZ Experiment, benannt nach den Physikern Greenberger, Horne und Zeilinger, ist ein (Gedanken )experiment in der Quantenmechanik, mit dem eine wichtige Klasse von Theorien mit verborgenen Variablen ausgeschlossen werden kann. Nachdem die… …
9thought experiment — /θɔt ɛkˈspɛrəmənt/ (say thawt ek speruhmuhnt) noun an experiment which is impossible to conduct in the real world in which a proposition is tested by thinking through a set of conditions that lead to a logical conclusion. Compare gedanken… …
10thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates. Also called Gedanken experiment. [1940 45] * * * …
