quantum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒntəm/
ipa: /ˈkwɑntəm/
note: enunciated
ipa: [ˈkʰwɑ̃ntʰə̃m]
note: common flapped realization
ipa: [ˈkʰwɑ̃ɾ̃ə̃m]
Etymology: From Late Latin quantum, noun use of neuter form of Latin quantus (“how much”).
Senses: glosses: Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
glosses: Of a change, significant.
examples: text: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
ref: 2012 January 24, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2017, page 86:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: classical
glosses: Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
antonyms: classical
glosses: Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.
Relating to a quantum computer.
Derived terms: azimuthal quantum number
cavity quantum electrodynamics
loop quantum gravity
magnetic quantum number
orbital quantum number
principal quantum number
quantize
quantum acoustics
quantum algorithm
quantum anomaly
quantum biology
quantum biophysics
quantum bit
⇒ qubit
⇒ qu-
quantum bogodynamics
quantum brain
quantum brain dynamics
quantum byte
quantum calculus
quantum cascade laser
quantum catalyst
quantum channel
quantum chaos
quantum chemistry
quantum chromodynamics
quantum circuit
quantum clock
quantum cloning
quantum coherence
quantum cohomology
quantum computation
quantum computer
quantum computing
quantum cryptography
quantum darwinism
quantum decoherence
quantum degeneracy
quantum dense coding
quantum discord
quantum dot
quantum effect device
quantum efficiency
quantum electrochemistry
quantum electrodynamics
quantum electronics
quantum-entangled
quantum entanglement
quantum eraser
quantum evolution
quantum ferrofluid
quantum field
quantum field theory
quantum fingerprinting
quantum flavordynamics
quantum fluctuation
quantum foam
quantum game theory
quantum gate
quantum gauge theory
quantum geometry
quantum graphity
quantum gravitation
quantum gravity
quantum group
quantum gyroscope
quantum hadrodynamics
quantum Hall effect
quantum harmonic oscillator
quantum heterostructure
quantum history
quantum hydrodynamics
quantum imaging
quantum immortality
quantum indeterminacy
quantum inequality
quantum information
quantum information science
quantum information theory
quantum Internet
quantum jump
quantum leap
quantum level
quantum limit
quantum link
quantum logic
quantum logic gate
quantum measurement problem
quantum mechanical
quantum-mechanical
quantum-mechanically
quantum mechanics
quantum multiverse
quantum mysticism
quantum network
quantum neural network
quantum number
quantum onion
quantum ontology
quantum operation
quantum operator
quantum optics
quantum phase transition
quantum physics
quantum processing unit
quantum process tomography
quantum programming
quantum psychology
quantum randomness
quantum register
quantum scalar field
quantum solid
quantum solvent
quantum sort
quantum soup
quantum source
quantum spin
⇒ quantum spin liquid
quantum state
quantum statistical mechanics
quantum sufficit
quantum suicide
quantum superposition
quantum supremacy
quantum teleportation
quantum theory
quantum tomography
quantum tunnel
quantum tunnelling
quantum unit of spin
quantum universe
quantum valebat
quantum vibration
quantum virtual machine
quantum volume
quantum waveform generator
quantum well
quantum wire
quantum yield
quantum Zeno effect
spin quantum number
subquantum