(physics) The condition of being quantum in nature

(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity. / The amount or quantity observably present, or available.

plural of quantum

Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages. / (informal) Of a change, significant. / (physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

plural of quantum state

(quantum mechanics) A framework for describing the nuclear many-body problem as a relativistic system of baryons and mesons based on a local, Lorentz-invariant lagrangian density.

plural of quantum ferrofluid

(quantum mechanics) A thought experiment in which it is proposed that it is impossible to commit suicide, as at each attempt the universe will split into multiple realities, in at least one of which the person will still be alive.

(physics) quantum mechanics

(informal) The quark-gluon plasma which existed in the first millionth of a second of the universe.