quantum

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The total amount of something

   The total amount of something; quantity.

   • The reader will perhaps be curious to know the quantum of this present, but we cannot satisfy his curiosity.
   • A certain quantum of power must always exist in the community, in some hands, and under some appellation.
   • Otherwise I will have given the lie to my maxim that whether you work eight or twenty hours, the quantum of work that gets done on a normal day is the same.
2. 2

   The amount or quantity observably present, or available.

   • Each man has only a quantum of compassion, he argued, and mine is used up for the day.
3. 3

   The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or…

   The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.

   • The quantum of light energy was later called a photon.
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   1. 4

      The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded…

      The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.

   2. 5

      Ellipsis of quantum computing.

      • Developing for quantum has never been more accessible.
   3. 6

      The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.

   4. 7

      Amount of goods produced or demanded.

   5. 8

      A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.

      • Defined parts of a manifoldness are called Quanta
   6. 9

      Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.

   7. 10

      Of a change, significant.

   8. 11

      Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

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