What does "wigner" mean?

A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic

Wigner

Q: What is a synonym for "wigner"?

Common synonyms include: family name, phase space distribution, quantum phase space distribution, quasi probability distribution, surname, wigner distribution.

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1
A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic
2
A surname from Anglo-Saxon or other Germanic; Hungarian-born American physicist Eugene Wigner.

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family name phase space distribution quantum phase space distribution quasi probability distribution surname wigner distribution

Antonyms

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classical distribution given name nonnegative distribution

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"According to Eugene Wigner, a Nobel laureate in Physics, human conscious awareness might actually "reach out" – in some unexplained way – and change the physical state of a system."

Etymology

Attestation is claimed of the surname in 14th-century England (Yorkshire) (i.e., in the Middle English period); apparently from Anglo-Saxon (Old English). Compare Wagner, Wagoner.

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