candam — meaning in English

English meaning

• quantum noun The smallest discrete amount of something, especially a fixed unit of energy in physics.
• ration noun A fixed, limited amount of something, especially food, given out to each person.

Senses

candam is used for these senses in English:

• quantum (physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]
• ration A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

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.

ration — full definition

1. noun A fixed, limited amount of something, especially food, given out to each person.
2. verb To limit how much of something people can have, usually because supply is short.

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