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Brown 1874 t+th:[[จำนวน]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} {{also|Quantum}} ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/ˈkwɒntəm/}} * {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈkwɑn(t)əm/}} * {{SAMPA|/"kwan.t@m/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|quanta}} # {{context|archaic|_|except in South Asian dialects}} [[quantity|Quantity]], [[amount]]. #* '''1749''', Henry Fielding, ''Tom Jones'', Folio Society 1973, p. 416: #*: The reader will perhaps be curious to know the '''''quantum''''' of this present, but we cannot satisfy his curiosity. #* '''2008''', ''The Times of India'', 21 May 2008, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/Fuel_price_hike_put_off_over_quantum/articleshow/3087364.cms]: #*: The Congress's core ministerial panel on Friday gave its green signal to raising motor fuel prices but the '''quantum''' of increase emerged as a hitch. # {{physics}} The [[smallest]] [[possible]], and therefore [[indivisible]], unit of a given [[quantity]] or quantifiable [[phenomenon]]. #* '''2002''', David C Cassidy et al., ''Understanding Physics'', Birkhauser 2002, p. 602: #*: The '''quantum''' of light energy was later called a ''photon''. ====Related terms==== * [[quantize]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|quantity}} * {{trreq|Afrikaans}} * {{trreq|Catalan}} * Chinese: ** Mandarin: {{t|zh|量|tr=liàng|sc=Hani}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|määrä}} * French: {{t+|fr|quantité|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Quantum}} * {{trreq|Hebrew}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|mennyiség}} * {{trreq|Indonesian}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|量|tr=ryō|sc=Jpan}} * {{trreq|Norwegian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|ilość|f}} * {{trreq|Portuguese}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|количество|n|tr=kolíčestvo|sc=Cyrl}} * {{trreq|Spanish}} * {{trreq|Swedish}} * Thai: {{t|th|จำนวน|tr=jamnuan|sc=Thai}} * {{trreq|Vietnamese}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|indivisible unit of a given quantity}} * {{trreq|Afrikaans}} * [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|quàntum|m}} * Chinese: ** Mandarin: {{t|zh|量子|tr=liàngzǐ|sc=Hani}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kvantti}} * French: {{t+|fr|quantum|m}} * German: {{t+|de|Quant}}, {{t+|de|Minimum}} * {{trreq|Hebrew}} * Hungarian: {{t|hu|kvantum}} * {{trreq|Indonesian}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: {{t-|ja|量子|tr=[[りょうし]], ryōshi|sc=Jpan}} * {{trreq|Norwegian}} * Polish: {{t|pl|kwant|m}} * {{trreq|Portuguese}} * Russian: {{t|ru|квант|m|tr=kvant|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|cuanto|m}} * {{trreq|Swedish}} * Thai: {{Thai|[[ควอนตัม]]}} (kwaawndtam) * {{trreq|Vietnamese}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|-}} # Of a change, [[significant]] # {{physics}} Involving [[quanta]] ====Derived terms==== {{top3}} * [[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]] {{mid3}} * [[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]] {{mid3}} * [[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]] {{bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|significant (of a change)}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|suuri}}, {{t+|fi|merkittävä}}, {{t-|fi|määrällinen}} * Russian: {{t|ru|значительный|tr=značít'el'nyj|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|существенный|tr=suš'éstv'ennyj|sc=Cyrl}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|involving quanta}} * Italian: {{t-|it|quantico}}, {{t-|it|quantistico}} * Polish: {{t|pl|kwantowy|m}}, {{t|pl|kwantowa|f}}, {{t|pl|kwantowe|mn}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|квантовый|tr=kvántovyj|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t|es|cuántico|m}}, {{t|es|cuántica|f}}, {{t|es|cuánticos|p}} {{trans-bottom}} ---- ==French== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|en|fr}} {{term|quantum|lang=en}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/kɑ̃tɔm/|/kwɑ̃tɔm/|lang=fr}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m|plural=quanta}} # {{physics|lang=fr}} [[#English|quantum]] ---- ==Italian== ===Noun=== '''quantum''' {{m}} (''plural:'' quanta) # quantum ====Synonyms==== * [[quanto]] [[Category:Italian nouns]] ---- ==Latin== ===Adjective=== ('''quantus''', '''quanta''', '''quantum''') # how much, how many ====Declension==== First and second declensions. {| cellpadding="5" border="1" !style="background:#47DCF8;"| ''Number'' !style="background:#47DCF8;" colspan=3| ''Singular'' | !style="background:#47DCF8;" colspan=3| ''Plural'' |-  !style="background:#F1BC4E;"|''Case \ Gender'' !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>quantōrum</big> |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantārum</big> |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantōrum</big> |- !style="background:#F1BC4E;"| ''Dative'' |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantō |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantae |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantō | |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>quantōs |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantās |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quanta |- !style="background:#F1BC4E;"| ''Ablative'' |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantō |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantā |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantō | |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs |style="background:#F5F5EE;"| <big>quantīs |} [[Category:Latin adjectives]] [[el:quantum]] [[fr:quantum]] [[gl:quantum]] [[hy:quantum]] [[it:quantum]] [[kk:quantum]] [[la:quantum]] [[hu:quantum]] [[nl:quantum]] [[pt:quantum]] [[ru:quantum]] [[fi:quantum]] [[ta:quantum]] [[te:quantum]] [[vi:quantum]] [[zh:quantum]]