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QUANTUM PHYSICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quantum physics mean?
• QUANTUM PHYSICS (noun)
The noun QUANTUM PHYSICS has 1 sense:
1. the branch of physics based on quantum theory
Familiarity information: QUANTUM PHYSICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of physics based on quantum theory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quantum physics" is a kind of...):
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quantum physics"):
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 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)
Context examples
This measurement utilizes the strange behavior of quantum physics, which simultaneously collapses the entanglement link and transfers the particle state to another particle already on the receiver chip.
(Scientists ‘Teleport’ Data between Chips for First Time, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have created chip-scale devices that are able to utilize quantum physics to manipulate single particles of light.
(Scientists ‘Teleport’ Data between Chips for First Time, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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