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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.
‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics|Tom Siegfried|February 15, 2022|Science News
It gave me enormous satisfaction to construct an interpretation of those worlds because I didn’t know what quanta were.
The Charmed Life of Frank Wilczek - Issue 98: Mind|Nell Freudenberger|March 17, 2021|Nautilus
Hunc igitur laborem nostrum ut tam Gratis animis accipiatis, quanta sedulitate a nobis est obitus, ex aequo omnes rogatos volo.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II|Edward Luther Stevenson
His Gracchi consiliis quanta poterant contentione obsistebant omnes boni, in quibus maxime Piso, vir consularis.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

Neque enim tanta πολυθεοτης Gentium, quanta fuit Deorum πολυωνυμια.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.|Jacob Bryant
Pliny said of History: "Quanta potestas, quanta dignitas, quanta majestes, quantum denique numen sit historiae."
Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume I (of 14)|Mississippi Historical Society
Earum, si placet, causarum quanta quamque sit iusta una quaeque videamus.
Cato Maior de Senectute|Marcus Tullius Cicero

British Dictionary definitions for quanta

quanta

/ (ˈkwɒntə) /

noun

the plural of quantum

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Cultural definitions for quanta

quanta

[ (kwahn-tuh) ]

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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