home/glossary/Duality

Duality

nounid 44801·updated May 18, 2026
verified

(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

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
dichotomywave-particle duality
plural
Dualities
possessive
Duality's
pluralpossessive
Dualities'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
(geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and planes in the theorems of projective geometry
§2
(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
§3
being twofold

Outgoing relationships

No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.