Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wave_mechanics

1 sense of wave mechanics

Sense 1
wave mechanics -- (the modern form of quantum theory; an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation; atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves)
       => quantum mechanics -- (the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle))