eigenstate
noun
eigenstate is a noun meaning “A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-I-G-E-N-S-T-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 34 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of eigenstate is eigenstates.
What does eigenstate mean?
noun
- 1
A dynamic quantum mechanical state whose wave function is an eigenvector that corresponds to a physical quantity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of eigenstate
- eigenstates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is eigenstate?
Eigenstate appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Eigenstate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dynamic quantum mechanical state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | estado próprio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does eigenstate come from?
From eigen- + state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).