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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quantum jump

▶noun

1 Physics an abrupt transition of an electron, atom, etc. from one state to another, with the absorption or emission of a quantum.

2 (also quantum leap) a sudden large increase or advance.

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