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English Dictionary: quanta by the DICT Development Group
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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. [bd]Without authenticating . . . the
            quantum of the charges.[b8] --Burke.
  
      2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a
            mark or by a boundary. --W. K. Clifford.
  
      {[d8]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.
  
      {[d8]Quantum sufficit}, [or] {Quantum suff.}
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