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quantity
[kwon-ti-tee]
noun
plural
quantitiesa particular or indefinite amount of anything.
a small quantity of milk;
the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
an exact or specified amount or measure.
Mix the ingredients in the quantities called for.
a considerable or great amount.
to extract ore in quantity.
Mathematics.
the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes.
something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, or the like.
magnitude, size, volume, area, or length.
Music.the length or duration of a note.
Logic.the character of a proposition as singular, universal, particular, or mixed, according to the presence or absence of certain kinds of quantifiers.
that amount, degree, etc., in terms of which another is greater or lesser.
Prosody, Phonetics.the relative duration or length of a sound or a syllable, with respect to the time spent in pronouncing it; length.
Law.the nature of an estate as affected by its duration in time.
quantity
/ ˈɒԳɪɪ /
noun
a specified or definite amount, weight, number, etc
( as modifier )
a quantity estimate
the aspect or property of anything that can be measured, weighed, counted, etc
a large or considerable amount
maths an entity having a magnitude that may be denoted by a numerical expression
physics a specified magnitude or amount; the product of a number and a unit
logic the characteristic of a proposition dependent on whether it is a universal or particular statement, considering all or only part of a class
prosody the relative duration of a syllable or the vowel in it
quantity
Something, such as a number or symbol that represents a number, on which a mathematical operation is performed.
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Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of quantity1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Nike later said "limited quantities" would go on sale, which promptly sold out in a matter of minutes.
The Madleen was carrying a symbolic quantity of aid, including rice and baby formula, the group said.
The Madleen is carrying a symbolic quantity of aid, including rice and baby formula, the group said.
But in other cases, “it’s a medication dose dependent effect where a person can take an excess of quantity or an excess amount of the drug and then subsequently develop methemoglobinemia,” Levine said.
They burned a small amount of heroin in order to demonstrate how pure it was, and said they could supply him with any quantity of "100%... white crystal".
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