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Quantum leap Moderate

Quantum leap has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a sudden large increase or advance

"this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer"

2

The discontinuous change of the state of an electron in an atom or molecule from one energy level to another.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
jump
Rhyming Words
yeap leap reap peap heap neap treap dreap aheap cheap sneap beleap upleap upheap threap outleap nonleap maxheap antheap in heap
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