Schrödinger's cat

English Alternative forms en Schrödinger cat Schrodinger's cat Schrodinger cat Schroedinger's cat Schroedinger cat Etymology en Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger = 1887 1961. Pronunciation en /ˌʃɹəʊdɪŋəz ˈkæt/ RP en /ˌʃɹoʊdɪŋɚz ˈkæt/ GA or sometimes variants that approximate the German surname somewhat closer en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Schrödinger's cat.wav Southern England Noun thumb|A depiction of the Schrödinger's cat (sense 1). Here the cat might be poisoned to death if a Geiger counter detects nuclear radiation; it might be alive vice versa. A hypothetical cat that is depicted as being surrounded by perfectly uncertain circumstances that make an external observer absolutely unable to deem the cat either alive or dead, especially if the possibilities of survival of the cat are expected to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics. Typically, these circumstances involve the cat being inside a box while being the victim of a danger that may or may not kill it, such as radiation. en 2000 Thalia Field Point and line http://books.google.com.br/books?id=f3CYHoucG1MC&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false 9780811214421 8 New Directions Publishing A cat like yours is a Schrödinger's cat, sealed up in an office where someone's disintegration provides a 50-50 chance of its death. en by extension Any hypothetical situation whose circumstances make it impossible to see which among two contrary propositions is correct, especially if the situation is expected to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics. en 2004 Colin Bruce Schrödinger's Rabbits: The Many Worlds of Quantum 83 To see how, let us consider a nested system of Schrödinger's cats. Derived terms en Schrödinger's kitten en Schrödinger's douchebag Proper noun The thought experiment which was devised by Erwin Schrödinger, is usually considered a paradox, involves a Schrödinger's cat and is typically supposed to be analysed from the point of view of quantum mechanics. A Schrödinger's cat (a hypothetical cat that may or may not be dead) in particular, especially when implied to be the only Schrödinger's cat in the world. en 2005 Jürgen Pafel Quantifier scope in German illustrated http://books.google.com.br/books?id=d5ulsaF3wMsC&pg=PT36#v=onepage&q&f=false 9789027228086 21 John Benjamins Publishing Company Schrödinger's cat is necessarily alive or dead. en 2009 João Magueijo A brilliant darkness http://books.google.com.br/books?id=W3trWqARm3UC&pg=PA179#v=onepage&q&f=false 9780465009039 179 Basic Books And you thought Schrödinger's cat was schizophrenic, unsure about life and death. en 2010 Rodrigo Enrico The Physics of Stargates http://books.google.com.br/books?id=GJT4g1hNUGIC&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q&f=false 9780984150007 80 Eridanus Press Let us return to the laboratory, where Bob is about to lift the tarp off of the transparent box containing Schrödinger's cat. Translations thought experiment Arabic: ar قِطَّة شْرُودِنْغِر f Basque: eu Schrodingeren katu Bulgarian: bg ко́тка на Шрьо́дингер f Catalan: ca gat de Schrödinger m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 薛定諤的貓 Xuēdìng'è de māo, cmn 薛丁格的貓, cmn 薛定諤貓 Czech: cs Schrödingerova kočka f Danish: da Schrödingers kat c Dutch: nl Schrödingers kat Esperanto: eo Kato de Schrödinger Finnish: fi Schrödingerin kissa French: fr chat de Schrödinger m Galician: gl gato de Schrödinger m Georgian: ka შრედინგერის კატა German: de Schrödingers Katze f Hebrew: he החתול של שרדינגר m he'ħatul šel šredinger Hungarian: hu Schrödinger macskája Icelandic: is Schrödingers kötturinn m Italian: it paradosso del gatto di Schrödinger m Japanese: ja シュレーディンガーの猫 shurēdingā no neko Korean: ko ^슈뢰딩거의 고양이 Norwegian: no Schrödingers katt Persian: fa گربه شرودینگر Polish: pl kot Schrödingera m Portuguese: pt gato de Schrödinger m Romanian: ro pisica lui Schrödinger f Russian: ru кот Шрёдингера m Slovene: sl Schrödingerjeva mačka f Spanish: es gato de Schrödinger m Swedish: sv Schrödingers katt c Tagalog: tl pusa ni Schrödinger Vietnamese: vi con mèo của Schrödinger Further reading en Cats Quantum mechanics