WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
wave′ mechan′ics, [Physics.]
  1. Physicsa form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation. Cf. matrix mechanics. 
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wave mechanics
  1. (functioning as singular) the formulation of quantum mechanics in which the behaviour of systems, such as atoms, is described in terms of their wave functions
'wave mechanics' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
de Broglie - de Broglie equation - matrix mechanics - mechanics - quantum theory - tunnel effect - wave function

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