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Space quantization

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quantizationnoun(uncountable, signal processing) The process of approximating a continuous signal by a set of discrete symbols or integer values
prequantizationnoun(mathematics, physics) The process of finding a quantum analog of a classical system by introducing a quantization condition.
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).
quantum bitnoun(physics) A normalized linear combination of an up state and a down state of, for example, the spin of an electron.
quantum statenoun(quantum mechanics) Any of the possible states of a quantum mechanical system.
quantumnessnoun(physics) The condition of being quantum in nature
quantonnoun(physics) Any quantum entity that shows the properties of both a particle and a wave
quantized electronic structurenoun(physics) Any material that confines electrons in such a small space that their wavelike behaviour becomes important and their properties are strongly modified by quantum mechanical effects; examples include atoms and layered semiconductor devices.
quantum physicsnoun(physics) quantum mechanics
quantumnoun(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
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.]
quantized vortexnoun(physics) a flow pattern exhibited by superfluids, such as ⁴He below 2.17K, in which the circulation rate is restricted to a quantized multiple of Planck's constant divided by the mass of the He atom
occupation numbernoun(physics) The numerical extent to which a quantum state is filled (in a system of many, identical quantum particles)
exceptional spacenoun(mathematics, physics) A space in which a generalization of quantum mechanics is described in terms of a system with a finite number of degrees of freedom
quantum fieldnoun(quantum mechanics) A quantum operator-valued function of (any point in) space.
quantionnoun(physics, mathematics) A form of quaternion used to explain the electroweak theory on curved spacetime.
azimuthal quantum numbernoun(physics) The quantum number that represents the angular momentum of an atomic orbital.
spin quantum numbernoun(physics) A quantum number that specifies the spin of a particle; for an electron, it may only take the values ±1/2
space quadraturenoun(physics) A difference of a quarter of a wavelength between the spatial positions of two corresponding points in a wave
classicalizationnoun(physics) the treatment of a quantum system in terms of classical statistical mechanics

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