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quan·tum (kwän′təm)

noun pl. quanta -·ta (-tə)

  1. quantity, or amount
  2. a specified quantity; portion
  3. in the quantum theory, a (or the) fixed, elemental unit, as of energy, angular momentum, etc.

Etymology: L, neut. sing. of quantus, how much: see quantity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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