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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

quantum
     n 1: how much there is of something that you can measure [syn: measure,
           quantity, amount]
     2: (physics) the smallest quantity of some physical property
        that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Quantum \Quan"tum\, n.; pl. Quanta. [L., neuter of quantus how
   great, how much. See Quantity,]
   1. Quantity; amount. ``Without authenticating . . . the
      quantum of the charges.'' --Burke.

   2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a
      mark or by a boundary. --W. K. Clifford.

   Quantum meruit[L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in
      an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would
      pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should
      deserve.

   Quantum sufficit, or Quantum suff.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

quantum

   time slice