quantum electrodynamics

quantum electrodynamics

n. (used with a sing. verb)

The quantum theory of the electromagnetic interaction and the properties and behavior of electrons, positrons, photons, and the electromagnetic field.

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quantum electrodynamics

n (functioning as singular)

(Atomic Physics) physics a relativistic quantum mechanical theory concerned with electromagnetic interactions. Abbreviation: QED

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quan′tum electrodynam′ics

n.

(used with a sing. v.) the quantum-mechanical theory of the electromagnetic field and its interaction with electrons and positrons. Abbr.: QED

[1925–30]

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quantum electrodynamics - a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons QED quantum field theory - the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields; it was motivated by the question of how an atom radiates light as its electrons jump from excited states

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kvantna elektrodinamika