Complete Definition of "quantum"

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English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�kwan.t�m/
SAMPA|/"kwan.t@m/

Noun
en-noun|quanta

  1. A property defineable as a number; a quantity.
  2. physics The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.

#:* Planck's constant is the quantum of angular momentum.
#:* The photon is the quantum of light.

Related terms
quantize

Translations
trans-top|quantity
Finnish: määrä
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trans-top|indivisible unit of a given quantity
Finnish: kvantti
German: Quant
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Japanese: JAchar|�� (����, ry�shi)
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Adjective
en-adj|-

  1. Of a change, significant

#physics Involving quanta

Derived terms
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quantum algorithm
quantum bit
quantum bogodynamics
quantum brain dynamics
quantum calculus
quantum cascade laser
quantum channel
quantum chaos
quantum chemistry
quantum chromodynamics
quantum circuit
quantum computer
quantum computing
quantum cryptography
quantum darwinism
quantum decoherence
quantum degeneracy
quantum dense coding
quantum dot
quantum effect device
quantum efficiency
quantum electrochemistry
quantum electrodynamics
quantum electronics
quantum entanglement
quantum field theory
quantum fingerprinting
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quantum flavordynamics
quantum fluctuation
quantum gate
quantum gauge theory
quantum geometry
quantum gravity
quantum group
quantum gyroscope
quantum Hall effect
quantum harmonic oscillator
quantum heterostructure
quantum history
quantum hydrodynamics
quantum immortality
quantum indeterminacy
quantum inequality
quantum information
quantum jump
quantum leap
quantum level
quantum libet
quantum limit
quantum link
quantum mechanics
quantum network
quantum neural network
quantum number
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quantum ontology
quantum operation
quantum optics
quantum phase transition
quantum physics
quantum programming
quantum psychology
quantum randomness
quantum register
quantum scalar field
quantum solvent
quantum sort
quantum state
quantum statistical mechanics
quantum suicide
quantum superposition
quantum teleportation
quantum theory
quantum tomography
quantum valebant
quantum vibration
quantum virtual machine
quantum waveform generator
quantum well
quantum wire
quantum yield
quantum Zeno effect

Translations
trans-top|significant (of a change)
Finnish: suuri, merkittävä, määrällinen
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trans-top|involving quanta
Italian: quantico, quantistico
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Italian

Noun
quantum m (plural: quanta)

  1. quantum

Synonyms
quanto

Category:Italian nouns


Latin

Adjective
(quantus, quanta, quantum)

  1. how much, how many
Declension
First and second declensions.
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|!style"background:#47DCF8;" colspan3| Plural
|-

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!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| M.
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| F.
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| N.
|!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| MM.
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| FF.
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| NN.
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Nominative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big> quantus </big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big> quanta </big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big> quantum</big>
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantī</big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantae</big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quanta</big>
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Genitive
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantī</big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantae</big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantī</big>
|

|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�rum</big>
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�rum</big>

|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�rum</big>
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Dative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantae
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Accusative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantum
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantam
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantum
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quanta
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Ablative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quant�
|

|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs
|}

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