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hidden variable

n. (context physics English) any parameter that would supplement quantum mechanics so as to make it like classical mechanics; they have been proved to be inconsistent with quantum mechanics

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Hidden variable

Hidden variables may refer to:

  • Confounding, in statistics, an extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (directly or inversely) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable
  • Hidden transformation, in computer science, a way to transform a generic constraint satisfaction problem into a binary one by introducing new hidden variables
  • Hidden variable theories, in physics, the proposition that statistical models of physical systems (such as Quantum mechanics) are inherently incomplete, and that the apparent randomness of a system depends not on collapsing wave functions, but rather due to unseen or unmeasurable (and thus "hidden") variables
    • Local hidden variable theory, in quantum mechanics, a hidden variable theory in which distant events are assumed to have no instantaneous (or at least faster-than-light) effect on local events
  • Latent variables, in statistics, variables that are inferred from other observed variables