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How to pronounce “quantum”

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Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: SkyFire Arts - Science Meets MagicAnd that class, I studied quantum physics.
Definition summary: (now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity. [from 17th c.]

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SkyFire Arts - Science Meets Magic

And that class, I studied quantum physics.

[Noun]
(now chiefly South Asia or law) The total amount of something; quantity. [from 17th c.]
The amount or quantity observably present, or available. [from 18th c.]
(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]
(computing) The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.
(computing, uncountable) Ellipsis of quantum computing.
(medicine) The minimum dose of a pathogen required to cause an infection.
(mathematics) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
[Adjective]
Of a change, sudden or discrete, without intermediate stages.
(informal) Of a change, significant.
(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

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