figure vs quantum

figure

noun
  • A number, an amount. 

  • A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. 

  • A drawing or diagram conveying information. 

  • A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. 

  • A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. 

  • The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. 

  • A figure of speech. 

  • The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. 

  • A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. 

  • A numeral. 

  • A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. 

  • Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. 

  • The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. 

  • A shape. 

  • Any complex dance moveᵂ. 

verb
  • To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. 

  • To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. 

  • To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. 

  • To enter into; to be a part of. 

  • To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. 

  • To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. 

  • To embellish. 

  • To come to understand. 

  • To be reasonable. 

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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