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quanta

[ kwon-tuh ]

noun

  1. the plural of quantum.


quanta

/ ˈkwɒntə /

noun

  1. the plural of quantum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


quanta

  1. sing. quantum In physics , discrete bundles in which radiation and other forms of energy occur. For example, in the Bohr atom , light is sent out in quanta called photons . ( See quantum mechanics .)


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Einstein, on the other hand, insisted that light quanta traveled through space on their own, behaving like particles later called photons.

It gave me enormous satisfaction to construct an interpretation of those worlds because I didn’t know what quanta were.

Hunc igitur laborem nostrum ut tam Gratis animis accipiatis, quanta sedulitate a nobis est obitus, ex aequo omnes rogatos volo.

His Gracchi consiliis quanta poterant contentione obsistebant omnes boni, in quibus maxime Piso, vir consularis.

Neque enim tanta πολυθεοτης Gentium, quanta fuit Deorum πολυωνυμια.

Pliny said of History: "Quanta potestas, quanta dignitas, quanta majestes, quantum denique numen sit historiae."

Earum, si placet, causarum quanta quamque sit iusta una quaeque videamus.

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