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tunneling
(redirected from Barrier penetration)

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tun·nel·ing  (tn-lng)
n.
In quantum mechanics, the passing of a particle through a seemingly impenetrable barrier without a cause that is explainable by classical physics.
tunneling  (tn-lng)
See quantum tunneling.


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