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- noun mathematics A
vector space whosebasis ofreal numbers has threevectors
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Examples
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I utilized the initial three-space option of the Ubar's Scribe's Spearman.
Cinnamon Roll 2010
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ê are unit vectors in three-space, and then shows that these Quantum Mechanical expectation values violate Bell's Inequality.
Bell's Theorem Shimony, Abner 2009
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We are familiar with the basics, the concept of free fall, space-time curvature, invariant frames and so forth, and understand the possibility of an extra three-space in the structure.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask Sean 2008
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To illustrate with Euclidean three-space, its associated projective space is the unit sphere with antipodal points identified, forming a two-dimensional manifold.
Algebra Pratt, Vaughan 2007
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This state propagates not in ordinary three-space but in configuration space, where each point specifies the configuration of both particles.
Action at a Distance in Quantum Mechanics Berkovitz, Joseph 2007
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That the guiding wave, in the general case, propagates not in ordinary three-space but in a multidimensional-configuration space is the origin of the notorious ˜nonlocality™ of quantum mechanics.
Bohmian Mechanics Goldstein, Sheldon 2006
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If the mansion stood on a hypersphere slightly greater in diameter than the mansion grounds, a person could move from any point to any other with what, in three-space, would seem to be right angles.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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Rather than being the shortcut I had hoped, I encountered more time-intervals per second than in three-space.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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The nearest had already dipped an arc into three-space, and was sending out concentric waves of energy, whose cross-section manifested themselves in our continuum, as music.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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Distances were, in effect, greater between two points here than in three-space.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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