quantity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
metrology
phonology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).
Inflected forms:
form: quantities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: qty
pos: noun
tags: abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: You have to choose between quantity and quality.
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.
gloss: An indefinite amount of something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity.
gloss: A specific measured amount.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.
Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.
gloss: A considerable measure or amount.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
gloss: Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: x plus y quantity squared equals x squared plus 2xy plus y squared.
For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
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.
ANN. ra quantity cubed.
SERGE LANG. That's right, (ra)³.
gloss: Length of sounds.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: amount
magnitude
quantity
quantum
Related words: quant
quanta
quantifier
quantify
quantitate
quantitative
quantum
measure
unit
Derived words: dequantitate
dimensionless quantity
disquantity
hidden quantity
in quantity
known quantity
microquantity
overquantity
physical quantity
pivotal quantity
quality over quantity
quantity discount
quantity of motion
quantity surveyor
quantity theory of money
quantitywise
unknown quantity
vowel quantity
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