quantum
The total amount of somethingThe total amount of something; quantity.
» Quantum physics is too difficult for a mere mortal to understand.
Für einen Normalsterblichen ist die Quantenphysik zu schwer zu verstehen.
Die Quantenphysik ist zu schwer, als dass ein Normalsterblicher sie verstehen könnte.
Квантовая физика слишком сложна, чтобы простой смертный мог её понять.
Квантова фізика занадто складна, щоб простий смертний міг її зрозуміти.
Meaning
9 senses(South Asia, countable, uncountable)The total amount of something; quantity.
The total amount of something; quantity.
(South Asia, countable, uncountable)The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit.
(South Asia, countable, uncountable)The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
(countable, uncountable)The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
(countable, uncountable)The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
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(countable, uncountable)The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
(countable, uncountable)The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
(countable, uncountable)Amount of goods produced or demanded.
(countable, uncountable)A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
- (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
- a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
Examples
56 sentencesQuantum physics is too difficult for a mere mortal to understand.
Квантова фізика занадто складна, щоб простий смертний міг її зрозуміти.
ruКвантовая физика слишком сложна, чтобы простой смертный мог её понять.
deFür einen Normalsterblichen ist die Quantenphysik zu schwer zu verstehen.
The book was about quantum physics.
ruКнига была о квантовой физике.
deDas Buch handelte von Quantenphysik.
It involves quantum effects, I think.
This research institute has a quantum computer.
Have you ever studied quantum physics before?
Translations
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Origin
From Late Latin quantum, noun use of neuter form of Latin quantus (“how much”).From Late Latin quantum, noun use of neuter form of Latin quantus (“how much”).
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Forms
plural: quantums / quantaWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable