QUANTAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantal mean? 

• QUANTAL (adjective)
  The adjective QUANTAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states

  Familiarity information: QUANTAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

quantal; quantized

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Pertainym:

quantum ((physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory))

Derivation:

quantum ((physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory))

quantum (a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory)