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relativistic quantum mechanics

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noun

Physics.

  1. quantum mechanics based on a wave equation satisfying the mathematical requirements of the special theory of relativity and applying to particles of any velocity.

Etymology

Origin of relativistic quantum mechanics

First recorded in 1935–40

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One of the great moments in twentieth century science came when Paul Dirac married quantum mechanics with Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity to produce relativistic quantum mechanics.

From Scientific American

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