n. | 1. | Quantity; amount. | |||||||||
2. | (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
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Noun | 1. | quantum - a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum theory |
2. | quantum - (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory) |
quantum - time slice |