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Uncertainty Principle

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(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time

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indeterminacy principle
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Uncertainty Principles
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Uncertainty Principle's
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(quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time

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