(quantum computing) A computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena to transcend classical time complexity limitations.

plural of quantum computer

(nanotechnology) A fluorescent nanoparticle of semiconducting material.

(quantum mechanics) a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region

a quantum well incorporated in a quantum dot

A lawsuit to recover payment for goods that have been sold and delivered.

(law) an inference that the defendant has promised to pay the plaintiff for the plaintiff's work or labor as much as he should deserve

(quantum mechanics) One of certain integers or half-integers that specify the state of a quantum mechanical system (such as an electron in an atom).

(quantum mechanics) The discontinuous change of the state of an electron in an atom or molecule from one energy level to another. / (figuratively) An abrupt, extreme change.

(physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.