Integer and Quantum

noun

• Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.
  • usage: "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
  • synonyms: whole number

noun

• A discrete amount of something that is analogous to the quantities in quantum theory.
• Physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory. ().

• (n.) Quantity; amount.
• (n.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.

Literally, the amount.