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Quantum

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the minimum discrete amount of a physical quantity, especially energy
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Stage 1 of 2
quantum
Latin · ancient
"how much, how great"
literally how much, how great, a neuter form of quantus
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Stage 2 of 2
quantum
English · 1900s
"a discrete unit of energy or physical quantity"
adopted by physicist Max Planck for the smallest discrete unit of energy
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