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quantum electrodynamics


quantum electrodynamics

noun pl but usually singular in constr

Definition of QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS

: quantum mechanics applied to electrical interactions (as between nuclear particles)

First Known Use of QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS

1927

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