quantity
a 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.
Origin of quantity
1Words Nearby quantity
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How to use quantity in a sentence
If antibodies alone are important, it’s possible that giving purified monoclonal antibodies, which can be made in large quantities in labs, might be better than harvesting plasma from donors.
COVID-19 plasma treatments may be safe, but we don’t know if they work | Tina Hesman Saey | August 25, 2020 | Science News“It is still very cheap to do a digital product, so at less than $2 million a year, we can map a full service news company that has two to three times the reporting strength in quantity of a daily newspaper,” said Doctor.
‘This is not your grandfather’s Patch’: Lookout Local wants to be the modern local news of Santa Cruz | Kayleigh Barber | August 17, 2020 | DigidaySet a posting schedule and strictly adhere to it but remember it’s always quality over quantity.
What will make your brand stand out on LinkedIn in 2020? | Harikrishna Kundariya | August 12, 2020 | Search Engine WatchThe total quantity of genetic material in a genome can be measured by counting the number of DNA base pairs in it.
How to Design (or at Least Model) Mixed Dog Breeds | Pradeep Mutalik | July 31, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThe quality of your backlinks is just as important as the quantity.
Nine mistakes to avoid when contacting websites for backlinks | Raj Dosanjh | July 29, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
First, we need to change the debate—to focus at least as much on the quality of resources as the quantity.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball? | Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOnline, a huge quantity of content is impossible to access for people with disabilities.
TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That | Nina Strochlic | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBill Cosby was already a known quantity when The Cosby Show began in 1984.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters | Scott Porch | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn short, the small producers will suffer the most, both in their production quantity and potentially in the style of their wines.
Any significant quantity of ZMapp appears to be months away even if another company with a larger facility joins in the effort.
Why the White Americans Got the ‘Secret’ Ebola Serum | Michael Daly | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIn acute and chronic parenchymatous nephritis the quantity is usually very large.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThey also seized the lake gunboats, took an entire Spanish garrison prisoner, and captured a large quantity of stores.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThere are two forms of elasticity, one of quantity and the other of quality, both provided for in the act.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsWhen the quantity is very small there may be no cough, the sputum reaching the larynx by action of the bronchial cilia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for quantity
/ (ˈkwɒntɪtɪ) /
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
Origin of quantity
1usage For quantity
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Scientific definitions for quantity
[ kwŏn′tĭ-tē ]
Something, such as a number or symbol that represents a number, on which a mathematical operation is performed.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with quantity
see unknown quantity.
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