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ScientistsSay:Quantum
Thiswordreferstothesmallestofthemall
BY BETHANY BROOKSHIRE SEP 14, 2015 7:00 AM EST

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Quantum (noun, KWANtum. Plural: quanta)

Thiswordreferstotheverytinybehaviorsandinteractionsbetween
subatomicparticlesthingsmuchsmallerthanatoms.
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Scientistsarecomingupwithnewtechnologiesbylearninghowmaterials
actatthequantumscale.
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physicsThescientificstudyofthenatureandpropertiesofmatterand
energy.Classicalphysicsisanexplanationofthenatureandpropertiesof
matterandenergythatreliesondescriptionssuchasNewtonslawsof
motion.Itsanalternativetoquantumphysicsinexplainingthemotionsand
behaviorofmatter.Ascientistwhoworksinthatfieldisknownasaphysicist.
quantum(pl.quanta)Atermthatreferstobehaviorsofandbetweentiny

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ScientistsSay:Quantum|ScienceNewsforStudents

quantum(pl.quanta)Atermthatreferstobehaviorsofandbetweentiny
subatomicparticles.
quantumentanglementAphysicalphenomenonthatoccurswhengroups
ofparticles(typicallypairs)interactinwayssuchthatalltheparticleshave
thesamequantumstate.
quantumphysicsAbranchofphysicsthatusesquantumtheorytoexplain
orpredicthowaphysicalsystemwilloperateonthescaleofatomsorsub
atomicparticles.
subatomicAnythingsmallerthananatom,whichisthesmallestbitof
matterthathasallthepropertiesofwhateverchemicalelementitis(like
hydrogen,ironorcalcium).
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