quantity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/
enpr: kwŏnʹ(t)ĭtē
ipa: /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/
ipa: [ˈkʰwɑn(ɾ)ɨɾi]
ipa: [ˈkʰwɑn(tʰ)ɨtʰi]
ipa: [ˈkwɑnɾəɾi]
ipa: /ˈkwæn.tɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˈkwæn.tɪ.tɪ/
Forms: form: quantities
form: qty
Etymology: From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).
Senses: examples: text: You have to choose between quantity and quality.
text: A few comments on the words used in the title of the book and on some related expressions are necessary. A "quantity" is here understood in the sense of "a thing that has the property of being measurable in dimensions, amounts, etc., or in extensions of these which can be expressed in numbers and symbols" (Webster's New World Dictionary of [the American Language], Third Edition, 1988), or of "something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, and the like" (Random House Webster's College Dictionary, 1991; The New Hamlyn Encyclopaedic World Dictionary, 1988). It is interesting that up to the 1950s a "quantity" was defined as what we now describe as "magnitude" (e.g., the unabridged Webster's New International Dictionary, 1948, gives examples of a sphere's surface being a quantity, its area a magnitude, or a yardstick being a quantity, its length a magnitude). This practice is now obsolete and at present length is a quantity, its numerical value its magnitude.
ref: 1999, Arnošt Kotyk, “Introduction”, in Quantities, Symbols, Units, and Abbreviations in the Life Sciences: A Guide for Authors and Editors, Humana Press, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: entity#Noun
property#Noun
trait#Noun
characteristic#Noun
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dimension#Noun
magnitude#Noun
measure#Noun
measurement#Noun
size#Noun
amount#Noun
degree#Noun
value#Noun
glosses: A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
examples: text: Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity.
text: Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity.
glosses: An indefinite amount of something.
examples: text: This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.
text: Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.
glosses: A specific measured amount.
examples: text: The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
glosses: A considerable measure or amount.
topics: metrology
glosses: Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
examples: text: x plus y quantity squared equals x squared plus 2xy plus y squared.
text: For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
ref: 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann, Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, page 89:
text: The second, (#92;sumx)², read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get #92;sumx and then square #92;sumx to get (#92;sumx)².
ref: 2005, R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences, page 137:
text: ANN. ra quantity cubed.
SERGE LANG. That's right, (ra)³.
ref: 1985, Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students, page 54:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Length of sounds.
Synonyms: word: amount
word: magnitude
word: quantity
word: quantum
Hyponyms: word: General:
word: modicum
word: lot
word: adjunct
word: decrement
word: remainder
word: Distance:
word: journey
word: Time:
word: moment
word: eon
word: forever
word: period
word: Volume:
word: mouthful
Derived terms: dimensionless quantity
hidden quantity
in quantity
known quantity
physical quantity
pivotal quantity
quality over quantity
quantity discount
quantity of motion
quantity surveyor
quantity theory of money
unknown quantity
vowel quantity
Related terms: quant
quanta
quantifier
quantify
quantitate
quantitative
quantum
measure
unit