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quantum

3 definitions • 3 examples
1
the smallest amount or unit of something, especially energy:

Examples:

quantum theory
2
the smallest amount of energy that can be measured
3
an amount of something:

Examples:

quantum of sth Earnings depend on the quantum of work done by you.
During this period, the quantum of oil production increased to 16.10 million barrels from 15.84 million barrels last year.

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