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cuanto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • quantum noun The smallest discrete amount of something, especially a fixed unit of energy in physics.

Senses

cuanto is used for these senses in English:

  • how many what number
  • how much (interrogative) To what degree; to what extent.
  • how much (interrogative) What amount or quantity (of something stated or implied).
  • how much (specifically, when referring to the cost of an item) What amount of money.
  • 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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