quantum
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quantum /ˈkwɒntəm/
▶noun (pl. quanta /-tə/)
- 1 Physics a discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to a particular frequency of radiation and corresponding e.g. to a single photon or to a transition of an atom between energy states.
■ an analogous unit amount of something.
- 2 a total amount, especially an amount of money legally payable in damages.
■ a share.
'quantum' also found in these Oxford entries:
chromodynamics
- classical
- correspondence principle
- degenerate
- forbid
- gauge theory
- graviton
- isospin
- Pauli exclusion principle
- phonon
- photon
- Planck's constant
- QCD
- QED
- quanta
- quantize
- quantum bit
- quantum chromodynamics
- quantum computer
- quantum electrodynamics
- quantum jump
- quantum mechanics
- quantum number
- quantum theory
- qubit
- Schrödinger equation
- selection rule
- singlet
- soliton
- SQUID
