Definition of Quantom
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. [L., as much suffices]
(Med.), a sufficient quantity. -- ||Quantum
valebat (&?;) [L., as much at it was worth] (Law),
a count in an action to recover of the defendant, for goods sold,
as much as they were worth. Blackstone.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
Planck's constant is the quantum of angular momentum.
The photon is the quantum of light.
- A property defineable as a number. A quantity.
Italian
- quantum
Latin
- how much, how many
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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