(metaphysics) The subjective experience of surviving quantum suicide, as a result of the observer surviving such a deadly experiment.

plural of quantum tomography

Alternative form of quantum mechanical

plural of blood quantum

(US) The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans. For instance, a person who has one parent who is a full-blood Native American and one who has no Native ancestry has a blood quantum of 1/2.

(quantum mechanics) A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more objects have to be described with reference to each other, even though the individual objects are spatially separated.

(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.

(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 instantaneous transference of a quantum state to a distant location using quantum entanglement and the transmission of classical information

(physics) A branch of theoretical physics aiming to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity. / (quantum mechanics) The gravitational force modeled as a quantum field.