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Schrödinger's kitten
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English
Alternative forms
en Schrödinger kitten Schrodinger's kitten Schrodinger kitten Schroedinger's kitten Schroedinger kitten
Etymology
From en Schrödinger's cat plus the notion of diminutiveness.
Noun
en informal physics Any of several experiments that show the paradoxical effects of quantum mechanics on a small scale, especially one that shows an atom to be in two places at the same time.
References
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