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What is a quantum?


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A quantum - how much there is of something that you can measure, in physics, the smallest quantity that a system can possess.

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In physics, a quantum (plural: quanta) is the minimum unit of any physical entity involved in an interaction. An example of an entity that is quantized is the energy transfer of elementary particles of matter (called fermions) and of photons and other bosons.

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A quantum is a quantity or amount, specified portion; something that can be counted or measured. ChaCha on!

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Quantum is the quantity or amount: the least quantum of evidence. Continue to ChaCha!

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Quantum is how much there is of something that you can measure.

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Quantum in a noun meaning a quantity or amount: the least quantum of evidence. ChaCha on!

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A quantity or amount;specified portion;Something that can be counted or measured; The smallest amount of a physical quantity MORE?

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A: How much there is of something that you can measure, The smallest quantity of some physical property that a system can possess.

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A quantum- any of the very small increments or parcels into which many forms of energy are subdivided, like quantum mechanics.

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