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Definition of Quantum physics
1. Noun. The branch of physics based on quantum theory.
Specialized synonyms: Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory
Definition of Quantum physics
1. Noun. (physics) quantum mechanics ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quantum Physics
Literary usage of Quantum physics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Max Born, who died last January in his 88th year, was one of the great names of
the "heroic era of quantum physics." This was Niels Bohr's phrase for the ..."
2. Paradoxes of Free Will by Gunther Siegmund Stent (2002)
"The True Indeterminism of quantum physics. Though determinate causal relations
do govern second stage unpredictable, chaotic phenomena such as tornadoes, ..."
3. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"... coupling," became their major contribution to quantum physics. It explained
the appearance of energies that could not be attributed to the transitions ..."
4. The Command of Light: Rowland's School of Physics and the Spectrum by George Kean Sweetnam (2000)
"This innovation, soon known as "Russell-Saunders coupling," became their major
contribution to quantum physics. It explained the appearance of energies that ..."
5. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"Quantum mechanics is the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the
... quantum physics is the branch of physics based on quantum theory. ..."
6. An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology by Nist (2005)
"The standard of technical research in the quantum physics Division in collaboration
with the University of Colorado is very high. ..."
7. Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing And Employing America for a by Cosepup, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (2007)
"In 1998, he visited the Institute for Science Education at the University in
Kiel, where he investigated student understanding of quantum physics. ..."
8. Optimality: The Second Erich L. Lehmann Symposium by Javier Rojo (2006)
"One relates to the idea basic to quantum physics of "non-commutative" probability
as described in Parthasarathy (1992) and Whittle (1992). ..."