Synonyms for quanta
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kwon-tuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɒn tə |
Définition of quanta
Origin :- 1610s, "one's share or portion," from Latin quantum (plural quanta) "as much as, so much as; how much? how far? how great an extent?" neuter singular of correlative pronomial adjective quantus "as much" (see quantity). Introduced in physics directly from Latin by Max Planck, 1900; reinforced by Einstein, 1905. Quantum theory is from 1912; quantum mechanics, 1922; quantum jump is first recorded 1954; quantum leap, 1963, often figurative.
- noun quantity
- These are the axioms which properly relate only to quantities (quanta) as such.
- Extract from : « The Critique of Pure Reason » by Immanuel Kant
- From this point of view the quanta appear as atoms of energy.
- Extract from : « A Librarian's Open Shelf » by Arthur E. Bostwick
- As Poincaré now points out, the trouble is that the quanta are not constant.
- Extract from : « A Librarian's Open Shelf » by Arthur E. Bostwick
- Hunc igitur laborem nostrum ut tam Gratis animis accipiatis, quanta sedulitate a nobis est obitus, ex aequo omnes rogatos volo.
- Extract from : « Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II » by Edward Luther Stevenson
- Quanta calcina si fatta di statue e d'altri ornamenti antichi!
- Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds
- Quanta cujusque animo audacia natura aut moribus inest, tanta in bello patere solet.
- Extract from : « De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino » by Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)
- Sed confecto proelio, tum vero cerneres, quanta audacia quantaque vis animi fuisset in exercitu Catilinae.
- Extract from : « De Bello Catilinario et Jugurthino » by Caius Sallustii Crispi (Sallustius)
- Quanta tells us that as soon as one began to sing, the partisans of the other began to hiss.
- Extract from : « History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
- In that case the psychons given off by your mind were converted into quanta of visible light, which could be seen.
- Extract from : « The Point of View » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
- Neque enim tanta πολυθεοτης Gentium, quanta fuit Deorum πολυωνυμια.
- Extract from : « A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. » by Jacob Bryant
Antonyms for quanta
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