cardinal number vs quantum

cardinal number

noun
  • A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal. 

  • A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets. 

  • A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral. 

quantum

noun
  • The total amount of something; quantity. 

  • The amount or quantity observably present, or available. 

  • The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection. 

  • The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime. 

  • The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment. 

  • The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. 

  • The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit. 

  • A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary. 

adj
  • Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages. 

  • Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics. 

  • Relating to a quantum computer. 

  • Of a change, significant. 

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