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- quantum theory
n : (physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)
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quantum field theory : the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields; it was motivated by the question of how an atom radiates light as its electrons jump from excited states
quantum : (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
quantum : a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum theory
quantum jump : (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum
quantum mechanics : the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)
quantum physics : the branch of physics based on quantum theory
quantum electrodynamics : a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
quantum chromodynamics : a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus); it assumes that strongly interacting particles (hadrons) are made of quarks and that gluons bind the quarks together
quantum jump : a sudden large increase or advance; "this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer"
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