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 quantumThat is a challenge in the AI and coming quantum era.—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2025 Quantum does it inherently by actually trying to leverage what our quantum properties are.—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 Her first step was to build a new foundation using quantum building blocks instead of classical one-way functions.—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 25 July 2025 Probably sooner rather than later, depending upon how fast quantum computing comes, will be the end of all passwords.—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantum
This amount tops the total $75 million in 2024, the previous highest purse in tennis history, an increase of 20 percent.
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Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Oceans are now storing 90% of the excess heat from global warming — and each of the last eight years has set a new record for the amount of heat stored in the ocean.
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