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QED

Dictionary entry overview: What does QED mean?

• QED (noun)
The noun QED has 1 sense:

1. a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons

Familiarity information: QED used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• QED (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

QED; quantum electrodynamics

Hypernyms ("QED" 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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