| quantum | how much there is of something that you can measure |
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| quantum | (physics) the smallest quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory) |
| quantum | a theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus) |
| quantum | a relativistic quantum theory of the electromagnetic interactions of photons and electrons and muons |
| quantum | the branch of quantum physics that is concerned with the theory of fields |
| quantum | a sudden large increase or advance |
| quantum | (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum |
| quantum | a sudden large increase or advance |
| quantum | the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level |
| quantum | the branch of physics based on quantum theory |
| quantum | a physical theory that certain properties occur only in discrete amounts (quanta) |