strung out into absurdity

Italian translation: ora finisce per sconfinare nell'assurdita/nell'assurdo

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English term or phrase:strung out into absurdity
Italian translation:ora finisce per sconfinare nell'assurdita/nell'assurdo
Entered by: Lisa Jane

20:46 May 15, 2017
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Science - Physics / quantum mechanics
English term or phrase: strung out into absurdity
Con questa espressione si intende una specie di "dimostrazione per assurdo"?

Schrödinger’s cat goes back to the equation that bears his name. Apply it to a radioactive source such as a lump of radium
and it gives a probability that an atom within the radium will decay, emitting a burst of radiation, within a certain time. According to the Copenhagen interpretation, until that decay is measured the atom is in a superposition of decayed and not-decayed. In 1935, Schrödinger published a paper containing a novel thought experiment that Einstein considered the “prettiest way” to show the incompleteness of quantum theory. In it, the radium is placed next to a radiation detector that causes a hammer to fall when it detects a burst of radiation. If the hammer falls, it smashes a vial of cyanide. Next to the vial is a live cat. Should the vial of cyanide be smashed, the cat will inhale the toxic gas and die. All of this is held within a closed box so that no one can tell whether the cat is dead or alive.
Now, instead of a superposition of different photon trajectories, as in the double-slit experiment, we have a superposition of live and dead cat. The radium atom’s decayed-and-not-decayed state – a reasonable scenario within the normal parameters of quantum theory – has been strung out into an absurdity.
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Local time: 11:26
ora finisce per sconfinare nell'assurdita/nell'assurdo
Explanation:
Direi così

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Cioè è stato scomposto fino a diventare un'assurdità

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To stringa out, USUALLY PASSIVE] to arrange something in a long line
The South Isles are strung out in a line from Mainland to South Ronaldsay.
Synonyms and related words
To put things together or in a particular order:prepend, sort, arrange...
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To string out
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Lisa Jane
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Local time: 11:26
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4ora finisce per sconfinare nell'assurdita/nell'assurdo
Lisa Jane
4sfocia nell'assurdo
Valeria Gramigni


  

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ora finisce per sconfinare nell'assurdita/nell'assurdo


Explanation:
Direi così

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-05-15 21:47:04 GMT)
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Cioè è stato scomposto fino a diventare un'assurdità

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-05-15 21:50:42 GMT)
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To stringa out, USUALLY PASSIVE] to arrange something in a long line
The South Isles are strung out in a line from Mainland to South Ronaldsay.
Synonyms and related words
To put things together or in a particular order:prepend, sort, arrange...
https://www.google.it/amp/www.macmillandictionary.com/licens...


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Note added at 1 hr (2017-05-15 21:52:37 GMT)
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To string out

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 11:26
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sfocia nell'assurdo


Explanation:
Un'altra possibilità di resa.

Non penso si tratti di dimostrazione per assurdo, perché, come vedi dal link che ho riportato, la dimostrazione per assurdo implica che l'ipotesi sia errata (perché porta conseguenze assurde, appunto).
La teoria di Schrödinger è, per quel poco che posso capirne, molto più complessa di così, come vedi dal secondo link che la descrive.


    https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimostrazione_per_assurdo
    https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradosso_del_gatto_di_Schr%C3%B6dinger
Valeria Gramigni
Italy
Local time: 11:26
Native speaker of: Italian
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