Cryptic crossword clue
Small amounts of energy could be measured numerically, they say, if I’d short ammeter 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word QUANTA

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The straight part
We know that "Small amounts of energy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case small amounts of energy = quanta.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does QUANTA mean?

QUANTA noun
  1. The total amount of something; quantity.
  2. The amount or quantity observably present, or available.
  3. The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon.
  4. A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
  5. A brief document provided by the judge, elaborating on a sentencing decision.
  6. The amount of time allocated for a thread to perform its work in a multithreaded environment.

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