Examples of “wavefunction” in a Sentence

noun In physics, a mathematical expression that describes how a particle's quantum state behaves and that can be used to find the probability of the particle being in a given region of space.

• Physicists use a wavefunction to describe how a particle's quantum state evolves.
• Squaring the wavefunction gives the probability of finding the particle in a given place.
• Each particle in a quantum system has its own associated wavefunction.