Quantum

Quick meaning: Quantum is a noun meaning (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.

Meaning

(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.

More Meanings

1. The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
2. (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
3. (computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
4. (computing, uncountable) Ellipsis of quantum computing.
5. (medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
6. (economics) Amount of goods produced or demanded.
7. (mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.

Example Sentences

The quantum of light energy was later called a photon.

Developing for quantum has never been more accessible.

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

A certain quantum of power must always exist in the community, in some hands, and under some appellation.

Word Forms

• quantums
• quanta

Synonyms for quantum

Depending on context, synonyms include measure, quantity, amount.

Antonyms for quantum

Common opposites include classical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quantity, amount, measure, quantal, chromodynamics, teleportation.

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