quantum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Latin 4.1 Adjective 4.1.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkwɒntəm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkwɑn(t)əm/
• SAMPA: /"kwan.t@m/

[edit] Noun

quantum (plural quanta)

1. (archaic except in South Asian dialects) 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, [1]:

     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.

2. (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.

[edit] Related terms

• quantize

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[edit] Adjective

quantum (not comparable)

1. Of a change, significant
2. (physics) Involving quanta

[edit] Derived terms

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

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

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

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English quantum.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑ̃tɔm/, /kwɑ̃tɔm/

[edit] Noun

quantum m. (plural quanta)

1. (physics) quantum

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

quantum m. (plural: quanta)

1. quantum

[edit] Synonyms

• quanto

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Adjective

(quantus, quanta, quantum)

1. how much, how many

[edit] Declension

First and second declensions.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	M.	F.	N.		MM.	FF.	NN.
Nominative	quantus	quanta	quantum		quantī	quantae	quanta
Genitive	quantī	quantae	quantī		quantōrum	quantārum	quantōrum
Dative	quantō	quantae	quantō		quantīs	quantīs	quantīs
Accusative	quantum	quantam	quantum		quantōs	quantās	quanta
Ablative	quantō	quantā	quantō		quantīs	quantīs	quantīs