What does quantum mean?
Quantum means (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity..
Quantum
/ˈkwɒntəm/ · noun
Meaning
(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity..
Definitions by Sense
- (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity.
- The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
- (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
- (computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
- (computing, uncountable) Ellipsis of quantum computing.
- (medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
- (economics) Amount of goods produced or demanded.
- (mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Each man has only a quantum of compassion, he argued, and mine is used up for the day.
The dream of flying, according to Strümpell, is the appropriate image used by the psyche to interpret the quantum of stimulus [translating Reizquantum] proceeding from the rise and fall of the lungs when the cutaneous sensation of the thorax has simultaneously sunk into unconsciousness.
The quantum of light energy was later called a photon.
Developing for quantum has never been more accessible.
Synonyms for quantum
Antonyms for quantum
Related Words
Word Forms
- quantums
- quanta
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for quantum?
Common synonyms include measure, quantity, amount.
What is the opposite of quantum?
Possible antonyms include classical.
How do you use quantum in a sentence?
The reader will perhaps be curious to know the quantum of this present, but we cannot satisfy his curiosity.
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