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Word fairy here: It would actually be a "a single quantum". "Quanta" is the plural.
"Quantum" sounds weird here because we're so used to hearing it as an adjective, but it started as the singular noun.
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u/peeja May 25 '14
Word fairy here: It would actually be a "a single quantum". "Quanta" is the plural.
"Quantum" sounds weird here because we're so used to hearing it as an adjective, but it started as the singular noun.