| 释义 |
wavicle Physics.|ˈweɪvɪk(ə)l|
[Blend of wave n. and particle n.]
An entity having characteristic properties of both waves and particles.
1928A. S. Eddington Nature Physical World x. 201 We can scarcely describe such an entity as a wave or as a particle; perhaps as a compromise we had better call it a ‘wavicle.’ 1934Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Jan. 20/3 It [sc. X-ray diffraction] has revolutionized conceptions of the electron, which has had to be looked upon as something intermediate between a corpuscle and a packet of waves—a ‘wavicle’ in fact. 1962J. Needham Sci. & Civilisation in China IV. i. 135 Old Chinese philosophers..thought of chhi as something between what we should call matter in a rarefied gaseous state on one hand, and radiant energy on the other. Though all our assured knowledge gained by experiment makes us infinitely richer than they, is the concept of ‘wavicles’ in modern physical theory so much more penetrating? 1976New Scientist 26 Aug. 461/4 To think that a particle or wavicle or whatever, is small for us, therefore it is small for the Universe, is to be biased or homo-centred. |