quantum mechanics
Noun
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Noun
quantum mechanics (uncountable)
- (physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.
- (by extension) Something overly complicated or detailed.
- Synonyms: rocket science
- French: mécanique quantique
- German: Quantenmechanik
- Italian: meccanica quantistica
- Portuguese: mecânica quântica
- Russian: ква́нтовая меха́ника
- Spanish: mecánica cuántica
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