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7 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
noun (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
originFrom Late Latin quantum, noun use of neuter form of Latin quantus (“how much”).
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