See Also: quantal(dictionary)
quantal mitosis(medicine)

congeal (oh) and quantal (iou)


congeal (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: congeler, from Latin congelare, from com- ( COM-) + gelare 'to freeze']
if a liquid such as blood congeals, it becomes thick or solid
::a pan full of congealed fat

quantal (iou)



quantal adjective. L17.
[Sense 1 from Latin quantus how great; sense 2 from QUANTUM: see -AL1.]
Of a part: that is contained in the whole but does not divide it evenly. Cf. ALIQUOT adjective. rare. Only in L17.
a. Composed of discrete units; varying in steps rather than continuously; Physiology designating an all-or-none response. E20.
b. Physics. Of the Nature of a quantum or quanta; of or pertaining to the quantum theory. M20.
quantally adverb M20.