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Noun — A column vector, in Hilbert space, especially as representing the state of a quantum mechanical system; the complex conjugate transpose of a bra (a row vector); a ket vector. Symbolised by |...〉.

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Etymology

Taken from the bra-ket notation invented by Paul Dirac, itself from bracket.

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