QUANTUM MECHANICS

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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)

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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)

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