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Quantum Jump

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an abrupt transition of an electron, atom, or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum

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Variants

synonym
quantum leap
plural
Quantum Jumps
possessive
Quantum Jump's
pluralpossessive
Quantum Jumps'