a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter
the sum of human knowledge is now so immense that even a highly educated person can hope to absorb only a tiny quantum of it
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Recent Examples of quantumLast month, Microsoft touted its quantum breakthrough, although some physicists have doubted its validity.—Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025 For the moment, the quantum community remains elated.—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025 This approach, called quantum annealing, is best suited to solving problems that involve finding optimal solutions to complex scheduling problems.—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 12 Mar. 2025 Most notably, its coherence time of 72 microseconds enables more complex quantum operations before decoherence occurs.—Luis E. Romero, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantum
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