quanta

American  

[kwon-tuh] / ˈkwɒn tə /

noun

1. the plural of quantum.

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quanta British  

/ ˈkwɒntə /

noun

1. the plural of quantum

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quanta Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

The challenge with Josephson junctions is that their behavior unfolds at the level of individual quanta.

From Science Daily • Dec. 23, 2025

At wide-open throttle, the raunchiness doesn’t come in wild quanta but in one smoothly linear, incredibly steep exponential function, with no interval for tactility and feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The analysis confirmed that both the input and output of the experiment were single quanta of energy.

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2023

General relativity does not contain any notion of quanta; a quantum theory of gravity is an ambition that remains unfinished today.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking