different between quanta vs quantized

English

Noun

quanta

1. plural of quantum

Antonyms

• qualia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kwan.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kwan.ta/

Adjective

quanta

1. feminine singular of quant

French

Noun

quanta m

1. plural of quantum

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian quanto, Spanish cuánto, ultimately from Latin quantus. In length also from English quantity, French quantité, German Quantität.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwan.ta/

Pronoun

quanta

1. (interrogative pronoun) how much, how many

Derived terms

• quantafoye (“how many times”)
• quante (“how much, how many”)
• quanto (“quantity, amount”)
• quantope (“by how much”)
• quanteso (“quantity”)
  • quantesala (“quantitative”)
• quantima (“based on a number”)

See also

• qua (“who (person)”)
  • quo (“what (thing)”)
  • qui (“who (plural)”)
  • pro quo (“why”)
• ube (“where”)
• kande (“when”)
• quala (“what kind of”)
  • quale (“how”)

Italian

Adjective

quanta

1. feminine singular of quanto

Latin

Adjective

quanta

1. nominative feminine singular of quantus
2. nominative neuter plural of quantus
3. accusative neuter plural of quantus
4. vocative feminine singular of quantus
5. nominative neuter plural of quantus

Adjective

quant?

1. ablative feminine singular of quantus

Portuguese

Pronoun

quanta

1. feminine singular of quanto

Noun

quanta m

1. plural of quantum

English

Etymology

From quantize +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw?nt??zd/

Verb

quantized

1. simple past tense and past participle of quantize

Adjective

quantized (comparative more quantized, superlative most quantized)

1. (physics) Expressed or existing only in terms of discrete quanta; limited by the restrictions of quantization. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum Universe, Allen Lane 2011, p. 96:

     This is very clear for the standing waves on a guitar string: the fundamental has a wavelength of twice the length of the string, and the next longest allowed wavelength is equal to the length of the string. There is no standing wave with a wavelength between these two and so we can say that the allowed wavelengths on a guitar string are quantized.