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QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantum electrodynamics mean? 

QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS (noun)
  The noun QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS has 1 sense:

1. a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muonsplay

  Familiarity information: QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS used as a noun is very rare.


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QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

QED; quantum electrodynamics

Hypernyms ("quantum electrodynamics" is a kind of...):

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)


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