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the application of quantum mechanics and quantum optics to the study and design of electronic devices

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This return scam involved purchasing broken electronics off the auction site and then buying new items off store shelves.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both get electronics, but the proffered image for boys is a microphone; for girls, a radio.
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There are even electronics like iPhone and iPod docking stations and an assortment of pricey pens intended for the pontiff.
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Jimbo and I sat next to each other, Indian style, and leaned against the stack of black Hefty bags and electronics.
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He majored in mathematical physics, studying mind-bending theories of quantum mechanics and partial differential equations.
How the NSA Became a Killing Machine|Shane Harris|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He went off into a happy mist of quantum mechanics, oscillation theory, and periodic functions of a complex variable.
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The man had used a simplified quantum mechanics without correction for relativistic effects.
Security|Poul William Anderson
The ortho molecules rotate with odd rotational quantum numbers, while the para molecules rotate with even quantum numbers.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall Garrett
The first is that the papers could be turned into a novel with hardly any important alteration, and with only quantum suff.
The English Novel|George Saintsbury
Paretur itaque librorum quantum satis sit, nihil in apparatum.
The Book-Hunter|John Hill Burton

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