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quantum |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quantum \Quan"tum\, n.; pl {Quanta}. [L., neuter of quantus how great, how much See {Quantity},] 1. Quantity; amount. ``Without authenticating . . . the quantum of the charges.'' --Burke. 2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary. --W. K. Clifford. {Quantum meruit}[L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve. {Quantum sufficit}, or {Quantum suff.} From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quantum n : how much there is of something that you can measure [syn: {measure}, {quantity}, {amount}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: quantum {time slice}
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