Meanings
nounquantum mechanics (uncountable)
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomething overly complicated or detailed.
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Arabic ميكانيكا الكم
- ميكانيكا الكمbranch of physics
Bulgarian ква́нтова меха́ника
- ква́нтова меха́ника (kvántova mehánika)branch of physics
Chinese Cantonese 量子力學 /量子力学
- 量子力學 /量子力学 (loeng⁶ zi² lik⁶ hok⁶)branch of physics
Chinese Mandarin 量子力學 /量子力学
- 量子力學 /量子力学 (liàngzǐ lìxué)branch of physics
Czech kvantová mechanika
- kvantová mechanikabranch of physics
Danish kvantemekanik
- kvantemekanikbranch of physics
Dutch kwantummechanica
- kwantummechanicabranch of physics
Esperanto kvantuma meĥaniko, kvantuma mekaniko
- kvantuma meĥanikobranch of physics
- kvantuma mekanikobranch of physics
- kvantummeĥanikobranch of physics
- kvantummekanikobranch of physics
Finnish kvanttimekaniikka
- kvanttimekaniikkabranch of physics
French mécanique quantique, physique quantique
- mécanique quantiquebranch of physics
- physique quantiquebranch of physics
German Quantenmechanik
- Quantenmechanikbranch of physics
Greek κβαντομηχανική
- κβαντομηχανική (kvantomichanikí)branch of physics
Hebrew מֶכָנִיקַת הַקְּוַנְטִים
- מֶכָנִיקַת הַקְּוַנְטִים (mekhanikat hak'vantim)branch of physics
Hindi प्रमात्रा यांत्रिकी
- प्रमात्रा यांत्रिकी (pramātrā yāntrikī)branch of physics
Hungarian kvantummechanika
- kvantummechanikabranch of physics
Icelandic skammtafræði, skammtaaflfræði
- skammtafræðibranch of physics
- skammtaaflfræðibranch of physics
Indonesian mekanika kuantum
- mekanika kuantumbranch of physics
Irish meicnic chandamach
- meicnic chandamachbranch of physics
Italian meccanica quantistica
- meccanica quantisticabranch of physics
Japanese 量子力学
- 量子力学 (ryōshi rikigaku)branch of physics
Korean 양자역학
- 양자역학 (yangjayeokhak)branch of physics
Norwegian Bokmål kvantemekanikk
- kvantemekanikkbranch of physics
Persian مکانیک کوانتوم
- مکانیک کوانتوم (mekânik-e koântom)branch of physics
Polish mechanika kwantowa
- mechanika kwantowabranch of physics
Portuguese mecânica quântica
- mecânica quânticabranch of physics
Romanian mecanică cuantică
- mecanică cuanticăbranch of physics
Russian ква́нтовая меха́ника
- ква́нтовая меха́ника (kvántovaja mexánika)branch of physics
Spanish mecánica cuántica
- mecánica cuánticabranch of physics
Swedish kvantmekanik
- kvantmekanikbranch of physics
Tagalog damuing sigwasan
- damuing sigwasanbranch of physics
Turkish kuantum fiziği, kuantum mekaniği
- kuantum fiziğibranch of physics
- kuantum mekaniğibranch of physics
- nicem mekaniğibranch of physics
- dalga mekaniğibranch of physics
Vietnamese cơ học lượng tử
- cơ học lượng tửbranch of physics
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