From: BigBooster (fm1@amug.org)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 23:42:44 MDT
Some words can be used in a broad/general/colloquial sense,
as well as a narrow scientific sense.
<http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary>:
Main Entry: 1quan·tum
Pronunciation: 'kwän-t&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural quan·ta /'kwän-t&/
Etymology: Latin, neuter of quantus how much
Date: 1567
1 a : QUANTITY, AMOUNT b : PORTION, PART c : gross quantity : BULK
2 a : any of the very small increments or parcels into which many forms of
energy are subdivided b : any of the small subdivisions of a quantized
physical magnitude (as magnetic moment)
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Frederick Mann
At 12:07 PM 06/12/2001 +1000, Damien Broderick wrote:
> >A "quantum jumper" is someone who constantly seeks to
> >jump to a higher level of operation in one or more areas
> >of his or her life.
>
>In that case, you probably need a different name. A `quantum jumper' would
>be one repeatedly makes the smallest jump possible, and makes it in either
>direction depending on random influences.
>
>But hey, whatever.
At 12:40 AM 06/12/2001 -0400, John K Clark jonkc@att.net wrote:
>I always thought it odd that people use the term "quantum jump" to mean
>a huge transformation of some sort when actually a quantum jump is the
>tinniest possible physical change. Anything less and there is no change
>at all.
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