Quantum is a Latin word that means 'how much'. So a quantum of energy is a specific amount of energy. Light sources such as candles or lasers shoot out (or emit) light in bits called photons. Photons are like packets.
Confidence votes 1.0K. The five boroughs of New York City are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. All areas of New York State have county names, but New York City also has borough (boro) names for its five counties. Two of the borough names are the same as the county names and three are different.
Fortunately, we've tracked it down for you. New York has 1,779,932 small businesses, according to the most current federal data available. (article continues below) Of those 1,779,932 small businesses in New York, 477,260 have employees. The remaining 1,302,672 are New York small businesses that have no employees.