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[โ€“] AlmightySnoo 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that one always cracks me up too, even dictionaries get it wrong:

screenshot of online dictionary definition saying "A quantum leap is a huge increase or a big move forward"

(https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/quantum%20leap)

[โ€“] thebestaquaman 5 points 1 year ago

I've always thought of it as referring to the scientific leap that discovering quantum mechanics was: A massive leap that completely changed the ruling paradigm of the scientific world.