"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
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> Gail Shaw wrote:
> > A quantum implies very, very small. Why are people so proud of making a
> > tiny, minuscule step forward?
>
> Not really. It implies a step forward with no intermediate steps.

Hmm. Dictionary says it just means 'quantity'. Guess that's my physics
background showing through.
Either way, it doesn't mean 'revolutionary', 'massive' or 'significant'

Quantum leap forward = leap forward of some arbitary quantity. Doesn't quite
have the same ring.

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