English Explanatory Dictionary

quantum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The total amount of something; quantity.
  2. The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
  3. The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
  4. The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
  5. The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
  6. The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
  7. Ellipsis of quantum computing.
  8. The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
  9. Amount of goods produced or demanded.
  10. A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
adj
  1. Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
  2. Of a change, significant.
  3. Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
  4. Relating to a quantum computer.

Pronunciation

/ˈkwɒntəm/ /ˈkwɑntəm/ [ˈkʰwɑ̃ntʰə̃m] [ˈkʰwɑ̃ɾ̃ə̃m] en-US quantum (enunciated).ogg en-US quantum (flapped).ogg

Word forms

quantum quantums quanta

Etymology

From Late Latin quantum, noun use of neuter form of Latin quantus (“how much”).

Antonyms

classical

Derived words

blood quantum post-quantum quantum bogosort quantum interference quantum of action quantum of Indian blood quantum-proof quantum-resistant quantum-safe quantum satis quantum singularity quantum state tomography quantum weirdness time quantum quantize azimuthal quantum number cavity quantum electrodynamics hyperquantum loop quantum gravity magnetic quantum number nonquantum orbital quantum number prequantum principal quantum number quabla operator quanton quantum acoustics quantum algorithm quantum anomaly quantum biology quantum biophysics quantum bit ⇒ qubit ⇒ qu- quantum bogodynamics quantum brain quantum brain dynamics quantum byte quantum calculus quantum cascade laser quantum catalyst quantum channel quantum chaos quantum chemistry quantum chromodynamics quantum circuit quantum clock quantum cloning quantum coherence quantum cohomology quantum computation quantum computer quantum computing quantum cryptography quantum darwinism quantum decoherence quantum degeneracy quantum dense coding quantum discord quantum dot

Translations

Afrikaans: hoeveelheid Bulgarian: количество Bulgarian: сума Catalan: quantitat Chinese Mandarin: 量 Dutch: kwantiteit Finnish: määrä French: quantité Georgian: რაოდენობა German: Quantum German: Menge Hebrew: קְוַנְט Hungarian: mennyiség Indonesian: kuantitas Japanese: 量 Malay: kuantiti Polish: ilość Portuguese: quantidade Russian: коли́чество Spanish: cantidad Spanish: quantum Spanish: quántum Swedish: kvantitet Thai: จำนวน Turkish: kuantum Turkish: nicem Vietnamese: số lượng Vietnamese: lượng Vietnamese: khối lượng Armenian: քվանտային Bulgarian: ква́нтов Chinese Mandarin: 量子 Dutch: kwantum- Esperanto: kvantuma French: quantique German: Quanten- Italian: quantico Italian: quantistico Japanese: 量子 Kazakh: кванттық Polish: kwantowy Polish: kwantowa Polish: kwantowe Portuguese: quântico Russian: ква́нтовый Spanish: cuántico Spanish: quántico Swedish: kvant- Ukrainian: ква́нтовий Vietnamese: lượng tử Volapük: kvantik
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