相そう補ほ性せい原げん理り

noun

complementarity principle

A concept in quantum mechanics, often associated with Niels Bohr, stating that objects have complementary properties that cannot all be observed or measured simultaneously.

• 相そう補ほ性せい原げん理りは量りょう子し力りき学がくの基き本ほん的てきな考かんがえ方かたの一ひとつです。

  The complementarity principle is one of the fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics.