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QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons
Synonyms:
QED; quantum electrodynamics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quantum electrodynamics" is a kind of...):
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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