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Practice the English pronunciation of quantum with real speech in context.
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Nicole Yunger HalpernHalpern, who is here to talk about her book "Quantum
Definition summary
(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity. [from 17th c.]

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How to pronounce quantum

Nicole Yunger Halpern

Halpern, who is here to talk about her book "Quantum

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A Deep Dive Into “quantum

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity. [from 17th c.]
  • The amount or quantity observably present, or available. [from 18th c.]
  • (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]
  • (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.
  • (mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
  • [Adjective]
  • Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
  • (informal) Of a change, significant.
  • (physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

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