"Dirac sea" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Dirac seas [plural]
Etymology: First postulated in 1930 by the British physicist Paul Dirac. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Dirac sea (plural Dirac seas)
  1. (physics) A theoretical model of the vacuum as an infinite sea of particles with negative energy.

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