Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quantum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quantum \Quan"tum\, n.; pl. {Quanta}. [L., neuter of quantus how
great, how much. See {Quantity},]
1. Quantity; amount. ``Without authenticating . . . the
quantum of the charges.'' --Burke.
2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a
mark or by a boundary. --W. K. Clifford.
{Quantum meruit}[L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in
an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would
pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should
deserve.
{Quantum sufficit}, or {Quantum suff.}
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quantum
n 1: how much there is of something that you can measure [syn: {measure},
{quantity}, {amount}]
2: (physics) the smallest quantity of some physical property
that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
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