Talk:quantum

make page: quantum asshole

sense: Someone who uses out of context the word quantum either to highlight irrelevant notions, or for personal profit.

• quantum sociology
• quantum love
• quantum beds (Google it, not a joke... sadly) — This comment was unsigned.

Does not appear to meet our WT:CFI requirements. Equinox ◑ 16:45, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

RFV discussion: June–July 2018

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quantum

Rfv-sense: "An academic course in quantum physics". How would this be used in a sentence? "I studied a quantum at college"? Or was the author aiming for something like "I failed my quantum exam"? That latter case would surely be a simple, unremarkable abbreviation of the full title of the course, wouldn't it? This, that and the other (talk) 09:55, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

More probably it's intended as uncountable ("I studied quantum" - not heard it myself though); however it's true that the entry's en-noun template doesn't show uncountability at present. Equinox ◑ 22:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Even that just seems like shortening of "quantum mechanics", "quantum physics", and also seems like it should be defined as those terms directly, not as an academic course. - -sche (discuss) 23:08, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:11, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

adjective: major

Adjective: sudden, dramatic, and significant --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:58, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

See our sense 2. We don't have to have exactly the same wording as your favourite source, okay? Equinox ◑ 17:00, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

RFV discussion: November 2022–January 2023

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quantum

Rfv-sense (law) A brief document provided by the judge, elaborating on a sentencing decision.

This doesn't make much sense to me, though I've now added the usual legal sense of quantum just above this (i.e. the amount awarded in a successful claim). Litigation isn't my strong suit, though. Theknightwho (talk) 17:54, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

Me neither. OED does not have such a sense. — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:38, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

This was added by Equinox in 2017. Eq, I was going to ask if you remembered where you got it from, but it doesn't look like you were working through a word list or anything on that day. This, that and the other (talk) 13:30, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

@This, that and the other: Unfortunately I don't remember the origin of this, but it's certainly not my area of expertise, which means it must have come from "somewhere" (some obsolete dictionary or other). So your best bet is to google and find which one it was. Equinox ◑ 06:06, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

@Equinox I can't find anything anywhere that resembles this gloss as worded. I suspect this may be paraphrased from a gloss for some other word, and it would be nice to enter this definition into the correct entry. This, that and the other (talk) 07:06, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Okay, I trusted some source that was perhaps not trustable. We should probably zap it. Thanks for the research. Equinox ◑ 07:23, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

RFV-failed, but I did add another sentencing-related sense that does really seem to exist. This, that and the other (talk) 09:06, 6 January 2023 (UTC)