Schrödinger's Cat

The subject of an experiment conducted by mad crazy quatum physics man named Schrödinger. Here is the kicker of the experiment: Most believe that Schrödinger was attempting to prove that the cat was both dead and alive at a single point in time. This is not quite true. The fellow was merely attempting to prove that the rules regarding microscopic objects (such as particles that can be in "dual states" so to speak) are in no way governed by the established laws for macroscopic objects (a cat). You see, it is well established that a cat is either A. Dead or B. Alive. Schrödinger put his cat in a solid lead box with a vial of gaseous hydrocyanic acid (HCN(g)) and a radioactive isotope with an established half life of about one hour. Because a single particle was used, the chance of it decaying was 50/50. The vial would be broken when the particle decayed, and the cat, being rather allergic to hydrocyanic acid, would die. The problem arises here. After an hour, the single radioactive particle, speaking on quatum terms, was in a dual state of decay and, eh, not decay. The laws of quatum physics say that all items in a closed system can be related with well known and well tested equations. Using these equations, the cat is in a dual state of being dead and alive. Not possible. Therefore, there can be no assumptions made regarding the relations of macroscopic objects and microscopic objects.

However, I believe the cat was just a clear cut zombie cat.

Schrödinger's Cat is actually so complicated that even though I tried to explain it in the simpliest terms I could, I made no sense.

by Nope4810 April 19, 2005

Schrödinger's Cat

To add to Nope4810's definition...

"Schrödinger's Cat is actually so complicated that even though I tried to explain it in the simpliest terms I could, I made no sense."

...Don't worry. The analogy is supposed to not make sense. Schrödinger was trying to illustrate how absurd it is to apply quantum mechanics on a macro scale.

Schrödinger's Cat is a deliberately confusing analogy trying to show how absurd the theory behind it actually is.

by lipplog August 30, 2015

schrödinger's cat

A hypothetical cat subjected to the difficult job of being both alive and dead at the same time for all eternity.

Schrödinger's cat is dead.
Schrödinger's cat is not dead.

by Zi October 3, 2004

Schrödinger's cat

Schrödinger want to kill his cat, so he made a plan. He put in cat in a sealed box. There are a flask of poison and a radioactive source inside. When the box open. The cat will be either dead or alive.

If the cat is alive. He will do it again until the cat is dead.

Schrödinger: Damn it. My cat is still alive!
Cat: What are you doing?
World: Schrödinger's cat is brilliant.

Cat: No! He is trying to kill me...

by QABCQ September 11, 2012

Schrödinger's Cat

There was a scientist named Erwin Schrodinger who put a cat in a box and you can not see the cat so the cat is dead and alive for say. This is popular with the show the Big Bang Theory and they use the phrase to describe relationships between the group of friends.

Sheldon: Your relationship with Leonerd is like Schrödinger's Cat.

Penny: What?

Sheldon: Your relationship can be thought of as good and bad to find out you need to open the box.

by chunihan August 18, 2012

Schrödinger's Cat

Schrödinger's Cat is thought experiment that shows something called superposition, with a box, a cat, some poison (or radiation, or bomb, or whatever, it is just supposed to kill the cat), and a object that could read a particle's spin. Erwin Schrödinger thought that if you put a cat in a box with something that could harm them, and you can't see inside the box, the cat is both dead and alive all at the same time.

Will you PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT Schrödinger's Cat, BILLY?

by Owlss June 12, 2022

Schrödinger's Cat

A nightmare I had back in the early 2010's.

The big, black Schrödinger's Cat jumped on my head.

I woke up.

A big, black Schrödinger's Cat jumped on my head in my dreams last night. I was terrified.

by Vita Smart July 15, 2022