QUANTUM THEORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantum theory mean? 

• QUANTUM THEORY (noun)
  The noun QUANTUM THEORY has 1 sense:

1. (physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTUM THEORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

scientific theory (a theory that explains scientific observations)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Domain member category:

indeterminacy principle; uncertainty principle ((quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time)