薛定谔

薛定諤

Xuēdìng'è

proper noun

Meanings

1 Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), Austrian physicist, a founder of quantum mechanics

薛定锷 Xuēdìng'è Erwin Schrödinger · scientist, 1887–1961

Characters

sound "Schrö-"

Examples

HSK 5

薛定谔是奥地利物理学家。

Xuēdìng'è shì Àodìlì wùlǐxuéjiā.

Schrödinger was an Austrian physicist.

HSK 5

薛定谔用一只假想的猫来说明量子力学有多奇怪。

Xuēdìng'è yòng yì zhī jiǎxiǎng de māo lái shuōmíng liàngzǐ lìxué yǒu duō qíguài.

Schrödinger used an imaginary cat to show how strange quantum mechanics is.

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usage

He shared the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics with 狄拉克 (Dirac); his wave equation is 薛定谔方程. The spelling 薛定锷 is a rarer variant.

In Pop Culture

薛定谔的猫 Xuēdìng'è de māo

Schrödinger's cat

His 1935 thought experiment: a cat both alive and dead until the box is opened. Online, 薛定谔的 + a noun is anything whose state is unknown until checked.

Stroke Order

薛 Xuē

定 dìng

谔 è