probability amplitude English

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probability amplitude noun

— (quantum mechanics) A complex number which is the coefficient of a component of a quantum state and whose product with its own complex conjugate gives the probability that the state will wave function collapse to that component (when measured). (Note: the quantum state being thought of as a linear combination of its components.)

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