plural of quantum

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

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.

(physics) The condition of being quantum in nature

plural of blood quantum

In terms of or by means of quantum mechanics.

(quantum mechanics) A quantum operator-valued function of (any point in) space.

plural of quantum gate

(US) The fraction of a person's ancestors, out of their total ancestors, who are documented as full-blooded Native Americans. For instance, a person who has one parent who is a full-blood Native American and one who has no Native ancestry has a blood quantum of 1/2.

(metaphysics) The subjective experience of surviving quantum suicide, as a result of the observer surviving such a deadly experiment.