quantum electrodynamics

1. 1.

   a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons

   SynonymsQED

   Broaderquantum field theory

Questions about quantum electrodynamics

What does quantum electrodynamics mean?

quantum electrodynamics means "a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons".

What is another word for quantum electrodynamics?

Close synonyms include QED. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quantum electrodynamics a common word?

quantum electrodynamics is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.