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> you stil dont know the difference between
> quantum and quanta !!

here you go:

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"quan·ta (kwon't?) n. Plural of quantum"
"quan·tum /'kw?nt?m/ noun, plural -ta"

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[snipped non-physics definitions]

The smallest physically realizable unit of something. A quantum of light has
the special name of photon.
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The smallest discrete amount of any quantity (plural: quanta).
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(L. quantum, how much) An elemental unit of energy. Its energy value is hv,
where h, Planck's constant, is × 10 -27 erg-second and v is the
frequency of the vibrations or waves with which the energy is associated. cf
photon.
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the specific orbits or velocities to which electrons are limited in the
theory of Planck and Bohr.
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1. For certain physical properties such as energy or momentum, a fundamental
unit such that the property appears in integer multiples of the unit. 2. An
elementary particle carrying one unit of the property. For example, the
photon is the quantum of the electromagnetic field, carrying an energy equal
to Planck's contant times the frequency of the light and an angular momentum
equal to a multiple of Planck's constant divided by 2p.
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One of the very small discrete packets into which many forms of energy are
subdivided.
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The indivisible unit in which waves may be emitted or absorbed.
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If the magnitude of a quantity is always an integral multiple of a definite
unit, then that unit is called the quantum of the electromagnetic field and
the meson is considered to be the quantum of the nuclear field.
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The smallest 'unit' of energy. A quantum of light is called a photon.
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Smallest indivisible unit of radiant energy.
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This is most simply, a small, discrete unit of energy.
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A packet of specific size; one photon of energy.
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(pl. quanta) The fundamen­tal "size" unit; the smallest amount of anything.
One quantum of light energy is called a photon.
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a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantum in quantum
theory
(physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a
system can possess (according to quantum theory)
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The word quantum, pl. "quanta", comes from the Latin "quantus", for "how
much". In general, it refers to an "amount of something". But, the term is
often used in the more specific sense which it has in physics, where a
quantum refers to an indivisible, and perhaps elementary entity. For
instance, a "light quantum", being a unit of light (that is, a photon). In
combinations like "quantum mechanics", "quantum optics", etc., it
distinguishes a more specialized field of study.
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