kwantiteit — meaning in English

English meaning

• quantity noun An amount of something that can be measured or counted.
• quantum noun The smallest discrete amount of something, especially a fixed unit of energy in physics.

Senses

kwantiteit is used for these senses in English:

• quantity A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
• quantum (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

quantum — full definition

1. noun The smallest discrete amount of something, especially a fixed unit of energy in physics.
2. adj Involving quantum mechanics — the physics of matter and energy at the atomic and subatomic scale.
3. adj Sudden and dramatic rather than gradual — used loosely for a major leap forward.

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