quantuminvestigation
nounUK /ˈkwɒntəm ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən/
US /ˈkwɑːntəm ɪnˌvɛstɪˈɡeɪʃən/
A careful search to learn how tiny bits of matter and energy behave.
The scientists began a quantuminvestigation to find out how light acts like both a wave and a particle.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A detailed examination of a problem in quantum computing.
Their quantuminvestigation revealed why the new qubit kept losing its information.
3. A formal probe into the strange rules that govern very small things.
The team's quantuminvestigation into entanglement won them a prize.
4. The act of testing ideas about atoms and photons step by step.
A careful quantuminvestigation showed the laser's light was made of single photons.