Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)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.

    Quantenmechanik

    ква́нтовая меха́никаkvántovaja mexánika

  2. (broadly, uncountable)Something overly complicated or detailed.

More definitions
  • the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Quantum mechanics is a challenging field.

  2. Schrodinger's equation describes the time evolution of quantum mechanics.

  3. If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

    ruЕсли вы думаете, что понимаете квантовую механику, вы не понимаете квантовую механику. — Wezzel

  4. If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.

    ruЕсли квантовая механика вас не сильно шокировала, значит, вы её ещё не поняли. — carlosalberto

    deWenn Sie die Quantenmechanik nicht zutiefst schockiert hat, haben Sie sie noch nicht verstanden. — carlosalberto

  5. I don't understand quantum mechanics.

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