beable

anything that could possibly be, in particular in any of a number of superimposed quantum states

Noun

  1. anything that could possibly be, in particular in any of a number of superimposed quantum states
    • 1984 J. S. Bell: Beables for Quantum Field Theory CERN-TH.4035/84, In particular we will exclude the notion of “observable” in favour of that of “beable”. The beables of the theory are those elements which might...
    • In line with the approach to value definiteness taken by modal interpretations, I will also not be requiring that the beables of a quantum system be the same from one quantum state of the system to another. - 1999,...

Origin

From be + -able; coined by Northern Irish physicist John Stewart Bell in 1984 in partial analogy to "observable".

Forms

beables