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Definition of Quantity
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Quantity
To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size. The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations. The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable. The relative duration of a tone. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable. A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. Related Definitions:
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Quantity Quotations
Number is different from quantity. Gregory Bateson I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. Mark Twain All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. Plato It is quality rather than quantity that matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. Thomas Carlyle |
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Quantity Translations
quantity in Dutch is hoeveelheid, boel, sterkte, grootheid quantity in Latin is vis quantity in Norwegian is kvantitet, mengde quantity in Portuguese is quantidade quantity in Spanish is cuantidad, cantidad |
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