Semiclassical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That is classical but has broad, popular appeal.
  2. 2
    Of, pertaining to, or being a theory that describes a physical system by dividing it into two parts, one described by classical physics and the other by either relativistic or quantum mechanical physics.

    "The semiclassical approach to the relativistic theory has been recently worked out by several authors and the #92;hbar² corrections to the earlier established TF relativistic theory have been derived¹⁷⁻¹⁹."

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"The semiclassical approach to the relativistic theory has been recently worked out by several authors and the #92;hbar² corrections to the earlier established TF relativistic theory have been derived¹⁷⁻¹⁹."

Etymology

From semi- + classical.

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classical musicclassical physicsquantum mechanical

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