ket

Significat (anglès)

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 |...〉.

Sinònims

blade

carrion

chin

edge

offal

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɛt/

Etimologia (anglès)

From bra-ket notation invented by Paul Dirac, from bracket.