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- Danish · calque ofkvantespring
- English todayquantum leap
Possibly calque of Danish kvantespring.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The discontinuous change of the state of an electron in an atom or molecule from one energy level to another. Full definition →
Possibly calque of Danish kvantespring.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.