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QUANTAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states
Synonyms:
quantal; quantized
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Pertainym:
quantum ((physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory))
Derivation:
quantum ((physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory))
quantum (a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory)
