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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Something overly complicated or detailed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rocket science
Antonyms: none provided
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quantum physics
Narrower terms: wave mechanics
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Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
ميكانيكا الكم
— branch of physics
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Bulgarian:
ква́нтова меха́ника
(kvántova mehánika)
— branch of physics
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Chinese Cantonese:
量子力學 /量子力学
(loeng6 zi2 lik6 hok6)
— branch of physics
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Chinese:
量子力學 /量子力学
(liōng-chú la̍t-ha̍k)
— branch of physics
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Chinese Mandarin:
量子力學 /量子力学
(liàngzǐ lìxué)
— branch of physics
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Czech:
kvantová mechanika
— branch of physics
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Danish:
kvantemekanik
— branch of physics
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Dutch:
kwantummechanica
— branch of physics
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Esperanto:
kvantuma meĥaniko
— branch of physics
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Esperanto:
kvantuma mekaniko
— branch of physics
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Esperanto:
kvantummeĥaniko
— branch of physics
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Esperanto:
kvantummekaniko
— branch of physics
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Finnish:
kvanttimekaniikka
— branch of physics
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French:
mécanique quantique
— branch of physics
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French:
physique quantique
— branch of physics
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Georgian:
კვანტური მექანიკა
(ḳvanṭuri mekaniḳa)
— branch of physics
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Georgian:
ტალღური მექანიკა
(ṭalɣuri mekaniḳa)
— branch of physics
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German:
Quantenmechanik
— branch of physics
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Greek:
κβαντομηχανική
(kvantomichanikí)
— branch of physics
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Hebrew:
מֶכָנִיקַת הַקְּוַנְטִים
(mekhanikat hak'vantim)
— branch of physics
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Hindi:
प्रमात्रा यांत्रिकी
(pramātrā yāntrikī)
— branch of physics
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Hungarian:
kvantummechanika
— branch of physics
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Icelandic:
skammtafræði
— branch of physics
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Icelandic:
skammtaaflfræði
— branch of physics
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Indonesian:
mekanika kuantum
— branch of physics
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Irish:
meicnic chandamach
— branch of physics
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Italian:
meccanica quantistica
— branch of physics
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Japanese:
量子力学
(ryōshi rikigaku)
— branch of physics
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Kazakh:
квант механикасы
(kvant mexanikasy)
— branch of physics
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Kazakh:
кванттық механика
(kvanttyq mexanika)
— branch of physics
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Kazakh:
толқындық механика
(tolqyndyq mexanika)
— branch of physics
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Korean:
양자역학
(yangjayeokhak)
— branch of physics
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Macedonian:
ква́нтна меха́ника
(kvántna mehánika)
— branch of physics
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Mongolian:
квант механик
(kvant mexanik)
— branch of physics
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Mongolian:
квантын хүчний ухаан
(kvantyn xüčnii uxaan)
— branch of physics
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Mongolian:
ᠺᠸᠠᠨᠲ ᠦᠨ ᠮᠧᠬᠠᠨᠢᠭ
(kwant-ün mēqaniɣ)
— branch of physics
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Mongolian:
ᠺᠸᠠᠨᠲ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠦᠴᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠤᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
(kwant-ün küčün-ü uqaɣan)
— branch of physics
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kvantemekanikk
— branch of physics
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kvantemekanikk
— branch of physics
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Persian:
مکانیک کوانتوم
(mekânik-e koântom)
— branch of physics
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Polish:
mechanika kwantowa
— branch of physics
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Portuguese:
mecânica quântica
— branch of physics
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Romanian:
mecanică cuantică
— branch of physics
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Russian:
ква́нтовая меха́ника
(kvántovaja mexánika)
— branch of physics
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Serbo-Croatian:
квантна меха̀ника
— branch of physics
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Serbo-Croatian:
kvantna mehànika
— branch of physics
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Spanish:
mecánica cuántica
— branch of physics
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Swedish:
kvantmekanik
— branch of physics
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Tagalog:
damuing sigwasan
— branch of physics
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Turkish:
kuantum fiziği
— branch of physics
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Turkish:
kuantum mekaniği
— branch of physics
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Turkish:
nicem mekaniği
— branch of physics
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Turkish:
dalga mekaniği
— branch of physics
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Vietnamese:
cơ học lượng tử
— branch of physics
