Copenhagen Glossary

Copenhagen Glossary

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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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