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noun (quanta)
  1. A property defineable as a number; a quantity.
  2. (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
  • Planck's constant is the of angular momentum.
  • The photon is the of light.
  • Translations: 
    • German: Quant
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    adjective 
    1. Of a change, significant
    1. (physics) Involving quanta
    Translations: 
    • Italian: quantico, quantistico
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