quantum physics
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- noun
- /ˈkwɒntəm ˈfɪzɪks/
- Specialized
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física cuántica
- The study of quantum physics helps us understand the behavior of particles at the atomic level.
- principles of quantum physics
- quantum physics theory
To the northwest we have the foundations of quantum physics.
- To the northwest we have the foundations of quantum physics.
- So consider, I don't know, you're, you're teaching a class on like quantum physics or something.
- But you know, as soon as you do that, you've violated the one principle of quantum physics.
- OK, now quantum computing tries to exploit this very weird nature of quantum physics.
- Yeah, the, the intelligence scientists, the intelligence scientists must see, for instance, these paradoxes in quantum physics.
- I don't know what it does, but quantum physics, energy.
- And I think it's good to explore quantum physics by three principles.
- And quantum physics posits the mystical.
- Next question, how did you warn about quantum physics?
Examples
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In quantum physics, they have proven that space and time are illusions.
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Please explain quantum physics in a simple way.
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The lesson here is that changing anything about quantum physics is really hard.
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I want to know the quantum physics of gravity and how that will play in with the rest of the natural laws.
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It's one of the basics in quantum physics.
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The primary focus of interest in Native science has been quantum physics and chaos theory, not evolution.
Academic text (2015) -
Much of the discussion of quantum physics happens metaphorically.
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The probabilities at the heart of quantum physics lead to other peculiarities.
Academic text (2004) -
But Big Bang cosmology is currently being modified by the introduction of quantum physics, as we have already seen.
Academic text (1991) -
Their questions kept coming back to the old quantum physics lectures Sue-ling Quong had brought from her old school.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A branch of physics that explains how very small particles like atoms and electrons behave
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'quantum' (discrete/atomic-scale units) modifies 'physics' (the study of matter and energy), so the phrase denotes the branch of physics dealing with quantum-scale phenomena. This noun–noun compounding is a common, transparent pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Quantum physics: The name quantum physics comes from the idea that quantum means small 'packets' of energy and physics means the study of nature. Think of energy as tiny coins or drops; that's why quantum physics is the study of the very small parts of matter and how they behave.