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Discreteness
Discreteness meaning
The state or quality of being discrete, separated or distinct.
Synonyms of Discreteness
Example sentences (3)
Dirac supplied a systematic procedure for transferring the characteristic quantum phenomenon of discreteness of physical quantities from the quantum-mechanical treatment of particles to a corresponding treatment of fields.
However, in a classical harmonic oscillator such as a lead ball attached to the end of a spring, we do not perceive any discreteness.
Its second idea is that the quantum discreteness that determines the particle-like behavior of other field theories (for instance, the photons of the electromagnetic field) also affects the structure of space.