quantum

Noun

1. (South-Asia, countable, uncountable) The total amount of something; quantity.
2. (South-Asia, countable, uncountable) The total amount of something; quantity.
3. (South-Asia, countable, uncountable) The total amount of something; quantity.
4. (countable, uncountable) The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
5. (countable, uncountable) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
6. (countable, uncountable) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of quantum computing.
8. (countable, uncountable) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
9. (countable, uncountable) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
2. (informal, not-comparable) Of a change, significant.
3. (not-comparable) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
4. (not-comparable) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

Opposite of

classical

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkwɒntəm/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

amount

portion

measure

quantity

quota

part

dosing

large

norm

number

🔢

percentage

%

proportion

quantify

range

rated

rating

significant

size

sum

time slice

volume

fixed quantity

measurement range

measuring range

abundance

batching

bulk

degree

dimension

Translations

quantum

cuanto

Quant

quantique

kwant

cuántico

quanto

quantum

quantité

quantistico

Betrag

ποσοστό

ποσότητα

Menge

Quantum

Sentences

Quantum deformations of the universal enveloping algebra lead to the notion of quantum groups .