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quantum

[kwon-tuhm] / ˈkwɒn təm /
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quantity
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Future experiments could extend this approach to more complicated quantum systems, allowing researchers to explore models of the Big Bang and the Big Crunch in greater detail.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

In other words, the internally generated measure of time could still be used to make predictions about the quantum system's behavior, much as conventional time is used in standard quantum mechanics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

One example is the Wheeler-DeWitt equation, which appears in attempts to combine quantum mechanics with gravity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Observing processes at such speeds is essential for understanding how electrons move and influence one another in quantum systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

The laws of quantum mechanics treat particles such as the electron as points; that is, they take up no space at all.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

At wide-open throttle, the raunchiness doesn’t come in wild quanta but in one smoothly linear, incredibly steep exponential function, with no interval for tactility and feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Photons are "light quanta" that constitute the basic building blocks making up the electromagnetic radiation field.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

The analysis confirmed that both the input and output of the experiment were single quanta of energy.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 19, 2023

General relativity does not contain any notion of quanta; a quantum theory of gravity is an ambition that remains unfinished today.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2023

In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking


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