| 单词 | wave theory |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswave theory wave theory n. (a) = undulatory theory n. at undulatory adj. 1c; more widely in Physics, any theory treating of something as waves, esp. such a theory of subatomic particles; (b) Philology = Wellentheorie n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > types of motion > [noun] > wave > specific theory undulatory theory1802 wave theory1833 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > [noun] > science of > wave theory undulatory theory1802 physical optics1831 wave theory1833 the world > matter > physics > quantum theory > quantum mechanics > wave mechanics > [noun] > theory of wave theory1833 wave picture1955 the mind > language > [noun] > linguistic change > theories of polygenesis1863 Wellentheorie1886 substratum theory1923 neo-linguistics1931 wave theory1933 monogenesis1936 Stammbaumtheorie1954 1833 MacCullagh Coll. Wks. (1880) 34 On the Wave Theory of Light. 1873 J. P. Cooke New Chem. (1874) i. 22 I cannot agree with those who regard the wave-theory of light as an established principle of science. 1926 R. W. Lawson tr. G. von Hevesy & F. A. Paneth Man. Radioactivity i. 5 Finally for cathode rays the emission theory, and for Röntgen rays the wave theory held the field. 1932 Discovery Apr. 109/1 This new physics was soon to be revolutionized further by De Broglie and Schrödinger, with their enthusiasm for the new wave theory of matter. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xviii. 318 The presentation of these factors became known as the wave-theory, in contradistinction to the older family-tree theory of linguistic relationship. 1966 C. R. Tottle Sci. Engin. Materials i. 8 The adaptation of classical mechanics to wave theory dates back only some forty years, so that modern concepts of the structure of atoms are very new. 1971 W. Labov in W. O. Dingwall Surv. Linguistic Sci. 426 One of the classic unresolved dichotomies of historical linguistics is the opposition of the Stammbaum and wave theories of linguistic differentiation. 1974 G. Reece tr. F. Hund Hist. Quantum Theory xi. 150 Schroedinger regarded this equation as the basis of the wave theory of particles. < as lemmas |
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