QUANTUM MECHANICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantum mechanics mean? 

• QUANTUM MECHANICS (noun)
  The noun QUANTUM MECHANICS has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: QUANTUM MECHANICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTUM MECHANICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("quantum mechanics" is a kind of...):

quantum physics (the branch of physics based on quantum theory)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quantum mechanics"):

wave mechanics (the modern form of quantum theory; an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation; atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves)

 Context examples 

At this level, phenomena are controlled primarily by Coulombic forces, quantum mechanics, and the random thermal motion of particles.

(Nanoscale Phenomena, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers are inventing new materials that are small, fast, and can perform in a multitude of ways, such as mimicking neurons in the brain, computing with magnets, and calculating with quantum mechanics.

(Picoscience and a plethora of new materials, National Science Foundation)

The way we represent the universe and its history are described by Einstein's equations of general relativity, Newton's universal gravitation and quantum mechanics.

(There May Be No Dark Matter, Dark Energy in Universe, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)