Quantum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Quantum	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Quantum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quantum n a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
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.}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
quantum {time slice}