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quantum dot en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (qualifier:quantum mechanics) A fluorescent nanoparticle of semiconducting material.
   • There was talk that Apple would release an iMac with a quantum dot screen last year. But then the company switched course, declaring that the existing process for making these little crystals was too toxic to the environment. 2016 May 6, Joanna Klein, “How a Mysterious Bacteria Almost Gave You a Better TV”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • A quantum dot is a semiconductor crystal a few nanometres (billionths of a metre) across – about 50 atoms wide, in other words. 2011 June 18, “Dotting the eyes”, in The Economist:

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QD

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pl kropka kwantowa (fluorescent nanoparticle) · fi kvanttipiste (fluorescent nanoparticle) · tl damuing tuldok (fluorescent nanoparticle) · he נקודה קוונטית (fluorescent nanoparticle) · bg квантова точка (fluorescent nanoparticle) · ko 양자점 (fluorescent nanoparticle) · ro nanocristal (fluorescent nanoparticle) · ru ква́нтовая то́чка (fluorescent nanoparticle) · da kvanteø (fluorescent nanoparticle) · fr point quantique (fluorescent nanoparticle) · it punto quantistico (fluorescent nanoparticle) · hu kvantumpont (fluorescent nanoparticle) · yue 量子點 /量子点 (fluorescent nanoparticle) · es punto cuántico (fluorescent nanoparticle) · ja 量子ドット (fluorescent nanoparticle) · uk квантова точка (fluorescent nanoparticle) · de Quantenpunkt (fluorescent nanoparticle) · ka კვანტური წერტილი (fluorescent nanoparticle) · pt ponto quântico (fluorescent nanoparticle)