quantum
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory
Types & categories
- quantity hypernym
Related & opposite
- quantal derivation
Sense 2 noun
(physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
Types & categories
- quantity hypernym
- quasiparticle hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quantal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quantity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quantal |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quantity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quasiparticle |