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wave-particlenoun(quantum mechanics) An entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
quantumnessnoun(physics) The condition of being quantum in nature
quasiparticlenoun(particle physics) Any entity that has some characteristics of a distinct particle, but comprises a grouping of multiple particles
waviclenoun(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.
quantionnoun(physics, mathematics) A form of quaternion used to explain the electroweak theory on curved spacetime.
quantum statenoun(quantum mechanics) Any of the possible states of a quantum mechanical system.
quantum numbernoun(quantum mechanics) One of certain integers or half-integers that specify the state of a quantum mechanical system (such as an electron in an atom).
quasibosonnoun(physics) A particle that behaves as if it were a boson
quantumnoun(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
space quantizationnoun(physics) The quantization of one or more components of the angular momentum of a system
quantomechanicsnoun(rare) Alternative form of quantum mechanics. [(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.]
quasiprotonnoun(physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a proton
quasineutronnoun(particle physics) A quasiparticle equivalent to a neutron.
quantum bitnoun(physics) A normalized linear combination of an up state and a down state of, for example, the spin of an electron.
quantum physicsnoun(physics) quantum mechanics
quantum fieldnoun(quantum mechanics) A quantum operator-valued function of (any point in) space.
quantroniumnoun(physics) A qubit composed of a Cooper pair
quasiquarknounA quasiparticle equivalent to a quark.
waveiclenounAlternative form of wavicle. [(quantum mechanics) A wave-particle; an entity which simultaneously has the properties of a wave and a particle.]
multiquark(physics) Involving, or composed of multiple quarks

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