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quantum mechanics

Syllabification: (quan·tum me·chan·ics)
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Definition of quantum mechanics

noun

[treated as singular] Physics
  • the branch of mechanics that deals with the mathematical description of the motion and interaction of subatomic particles, incorporating the concepts of quantization of energy, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and the correspondence principle.

Derivatives

quantum-mechanical

adjective

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