Copenhagen Glossary

Copenhagen Glossary

Obscure

not easy to understand, complicated

The uncertainty principle

theory developed by Heisenberg and mentioned in the play

Demeaning

an action or event which affects the way a group of people see a person, used as a negative adjective

Cyclotron

a type of particle accelerator

Schrödinger’s cat

name given to a mental experiment, a paradox

Cyanide

a chemical often used as a poison

Particle

a name to refer to a fragment of quantity of matter, not focusing on the internal structure of it but rather on the way a piece of matter interacts with another piece of matter

Ferociously

extremely intense

Drafted

in this context, to have a brief idea about a subject

Presto

a quick tempo in music

Entity

a being

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