different between quanta vs rayleigh

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

For Lord Rayleigh, English physicist

Noun

rayleigh (plural rayleighs)

1. (physics, astronomy) A unit of brightness (of the sky at night) equal to 10¹⁰/4? quanta per square meter per second per steradian