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Definition of Quanta

1. quantum [n] - See also: quantum

Medical Definition of Quanta

1. Plural of quantum. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quanta

Literary usage of Quanta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"The Encyclical quanta Cura was a declaration of war against modern ideas, liberties, and institutions. The annexed Syllabus particularised its ..."

2. The Nature of Matter and Electricity: An Ouline of Modern Views by Daniel Frost Comstock, Leonard Thompson Troland (1917)
"The second alternative, which corresponds to the modern doctrine of light " quanta," denies all of these assumptions. It states that light is not radiated ..."

3. The Nature of matter and electricity by Daniel Frost Comstock, Leonard Thompson Troland (1917)
"The second alternative, which corresponds to the modern doctrine of light " quanta," denies all of these assumptions. It states that light is not radiated ..."

4. The Nature of Matter and Electricity: An Outline of Modern Views by Daniel Frost Comstock, Leonard Thompson Troland (1917)
"The second alternative, which corresponds to the modern doctrine of light " quanta," denies all of these assumptions. It states that light is not radiated ..."

5. The Sonnet; Its Origin, Structure, and Place in Poetry: With Original by Charles Tomlinson (1874)
"Hence, all my thoughts are heavenward now inclined, Knowing, that soon I join her, is her prayer. SONNET XXV } _.^ TTT " | quanta piii m' ..."

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