eli5 what does it mean for a particle to be a “wave”?

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most people give an example of water waves but I thought every single “wave” has particle-like atomic structure. What does it mean for the most smallest particle like an electron to be a wave?

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It means that they have phase. They can interfere with each other: combine to add or subtract

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