QUANTITY DEFINITIONS - 15 definitions found
Websters 1828 Dictionary 
Quantity QUAN'TITY, n. [L. quantitas, from quantus, how much, or as
much as.] 1. That property of any thing which may be increased or
diminished. This definition is defective, and as applicable to many
other properties as to quantity. A definition strictly philosophical
cannot be given. In common usage, quantity is a mass or collection of
matter of indeterminate dimensions, but consisting of particles which
cannot be distinguished, or which are not customarily distinguished, or
which are considered in the aggregate. Thus we say, a quantity of earth,
a quantity of water, a quantity of air, of light, of heat, of iron,
of wood, of timber, of corn, of paper. But we do not say, a quantity
of men, or of horses, or of houses; for as these are considered as
separate individuals or beings, we call an assemblage of them, a number
of multitude. 2. An indefinite extent of space. 3. A portion
or part. If I were sawed into quantities. [Not in use.] 4. a
large portion; as a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large
quantities. 5. In mathematics, any thing which can be multiplied,
divided or measured. Thus mathematics is called the science of
quantity. In algebra, quantities are known and unknown. Known quantities
are usually represented by the first letters of the alphabet, as a, b,
c, and unknown quantities are expressed by the last letters, x, y, z,
etc. Letters thus used to represent quantities are themselves called
quantities. A simple quantity is expressed by one term, as + a, or -
abc; a compound is expressed by more terms than one, connected by the
signs, + plus, or -minus, as a + b, or a - b + c. quantities which
have the sign + prefixed, are called positive or affirmative; those
which have the sign - prefixed are called negative. 6. In grammar,
the measure of a sullable; that which determines the time in which it
is pronounced. 7. In logic, a category, universal, or predicament;
a general conception. 8. In music, the relative duration of a note
or syllable. Quantity of matter, in a body, is the measure arising
from the joint consideration of its magnitude and density. Quantity
of motion, in a body, is the measure arising from the joint consideration
of its quantity of matter and its velocity.
WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) 
quantity
n 1: how much there is or how many there are of something that
you can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount]
2: an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of
ammunition"
3: the concept that something has a magnitude and can be
represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a
variable
Dictionary of Ro 
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English Language Idioms 
quantity
ˈkwɔntɪtɪ See: UNKNOWN QUANTITY.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 
quantity noun (plural -ties)
Etymology: Middle English quantite, from Anglo-French
quantité, from Latin quantitat-, quantitas, from quantus
how much, how large; akin to Latin quam how, as, quando when,
qui who — more at who Date: 14th century 1.
a. an indefinite amount or number b. a determinate or
estimated amount c. total amount or number d. a considerable
amount or number — often used in plural <generous quantities
of luck — H. E. Putsch>
2. a. the aspect in which a thing is measurable in terms of
greater, less, or equal or of increasing or decreasing magnitude b.
the subject of a mathematical operation c. an individual considered
with respect to a given situation <an unknown quantity…as
attorney general — Tom Wicker>
3. a. duration and intensity of speech sounds as distinct
from their individual quality or phonemic character; specifically
the relative length or brevity of a prosodic syllable in some languages
(as Greek and Latin) b. the relative duration or time length of
a speech sound or sound sequence
4. the character of a logical proposition as being universal,
particular, or singular
Oxford English Reference Dictionary 
quantity n. (pl. -ies) 1 the property of things that is measurable. 2 the size or extent or weight or amount or number. 3 a specified or considerable portion or number or amount (buys in
quantity; the quantity of heat in a body). 4 (in pl.) large amounts or numbers; an abundance (quantities of food; is found in quantities on the shore). 5 the length or shortness of vowel sounds
or syllables. 6 Math. a a value, component, etc. that may be expressed in numbers. b the figure or symbol representing this. Phrases and idioms: quantity mark a mark put over a vowel
etc. to indicate its length. quantity surveyor a person who measures and prices building work. quantity theory the hypothesis that prices correspond to changes in the monetary
supply. Etymology: ME f. OF quantité f. L quantitas -tatis f. quantus how much
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary 
quantity
(quantities)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1. A quantity is an amount that you can measure or count.
...a small quantity of water.
...vast quantities of food...
Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand...
N-VAR
2. Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in
large amounts.
After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity...
N-UNCOUNT
3. You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially
when you want to contrast it with its quality.
...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality...
= amount
N-UNCOUNT
4. If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much
is known about what they are like or how they will behave.
He is an unknown quantity for his rivals.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
English Explanatory Dictionary 
quantity
ˈkwɔntɪtɪ n. (pl. -ies) 1 the property of things that is
measurable. 2 the size or extent or weight or amount or number. 3 a specified
or considerable portion or number or amount (buys in quantity; the quantity of
heat in a body). 4 (in pl.) large amounts or numbers; an abundance (quantities
of food; is found in quantities on the shore). 5 the length or shortness of
vowel sounds or syllables. 6 Math. a a value, component, etc. that may be
expressed in numbers. b the figure or symbol representing this. øquantity
mark a mark put over a vowel etc. to indicate its length. quantity surveyor a
person who measures and prices building work. quantity theory the hypothesis
that prices correspond to changes in the monetary supply. [ME f. OF quantit÷
f. L quantitas -tatis f. quantus how much]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Square \Square\, a.
1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as,
a square figure.
2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and
angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a
square frame.
4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to
her. --Shak.
5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square
dealing.
6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the
accounts square.
7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say. --Beau.
& Fl.
8. (Naut.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and
parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a
square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or
combination, as in square-built, square-cornered,
square-cut, square-nosed, etc.
Square foot, an area equal to that of a square the sides of
which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches.
Square knot, a knot in which the terminal and standing
parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust.
under Knot.
Square measure, the measure of a superficies or surface
which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly.
The units of square measure are squares whose sides are
the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet,
square meters, etc.
Square number. See square, n., 6.
Square root of a number or quantity (Math.), that number
or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given
number or quantity.
Square sail (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard
suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a
schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail
boomed out. See Illust. of Sail.
Square stern (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining
the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a
round stern, which has no transom.
Three-square, Five-square, etc., having three, five,
etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file.
To get square with, to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Quantity \Quan"ti*ty\, v. t. [L. quantus now much + -fy.]
To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or
express the quantity of; to rate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Quantity \Quan"ti*ty\, n.; pl. Quantities. [F. quantite, L.
quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow,
E. how, who. See Who.]
1. 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. Hence, in specific uses:
(a) (Logic) 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.
(b) (Gram.) 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.
(c) (Mus.) The relative duration of a tone.
2. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured;
especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical
processes are applicable.
Note: Quantity is discrete when it is applied to separate
objects, as in number; continuous, when the parts are
connected, either in succession, as in time, motion,
etc., or in extension, as by the dimensions of space,
viz., length, breadth, and thickness.
3. 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.
The quantity of extensive and curious information
which he had picked up during many months of
desultory, but not unprofitable, study. --Macaulay.
Quantity of estate (Law), its time of continuance, or
degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years.
--Wharton (Law Dict. )
Quantity of matter, in a body, its mass, as determined by
its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity.
Quantity of motion (Mech.), in a body, the relative amount
of its motion, as measured by its momentum, varying as the
product of mass and velocity.
Known quantities (Math.), quantities whose values are
given.
Unknown quantities (Math.), quantities whose values are
sought.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 
Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F.
imaginaire.]
Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied;
visionary; ideal.
Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills
and fancied tortures? --Addison.
Imaginary calculus See under Calculus.
Imaginary expression or quantity (Alg.), an algebraic
expression which involves the impossible operation of
taking the square root of a negative quantity; as,
[root]-9, a + b [root]-1.
Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.),
points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although
by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact
ceased to have a real existence.
Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal;
illusive.
Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms 
quantity
n.
1. Size, greatness, extent, measure.
2. Amount, aggregate, bulk, sum.
3. Length, duration.
4. (Log.) Category, universal predicament, general conception.
English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) 
quantity
ˈkwɔntɪtɪ n. amount, extent, volume; sum, number, total; weight, measure: There seemed
to be no limit to the quantity of gold in the mine. The person who most accurately guesses the
quantity of beans in the jar wins a prize. What quantity of flour should I buy to make enough
cakes for fifty people?
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 
300 Moby Thesaurus words for "quantity":
Alexandrine, a mass of, a world of, abundance, accent,
accentuation, accommodation, account, acres, affluence, aggregate,
amount, amphibrach, amphimacer, ample sufficiency, ampleness,
amplitude, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, armful, army, arsis,
avalanche, bacchius, bagful, bags, barometer, barrelful, barrels,
basketful, batch, beat, bevy, binful, block, bonanza, bottleful,
bountifulness, bountiousness, bowlful, box score, budget, bulk,
bumper crop, bunch, burden, bushel, cadence, caesura, canon,
capacity, capful, caseful, cast, catalexis, check, chloriamb,
chloriambus, chunk, clod, cloud, clump, clutch, clutter, colon,
content, copiousness, cordage, count, counterpoint, countlessness,
covey, cretic, criterion, dactyl, dactylic hexameter, deal, degree,
diaeresis, difference, dimeter, dipody, dochmiac, dose, elegiac,
elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, emphasis, epitrite, extent,
extravagance, exuberance, feminine caesura, fertility, flight,
flock, flocks, flood, flow, foison, foot, full measure, full vowel,
fullness, gauge, generosity, generousness, gob, gobs,
graduated scale, great abundance, great plenty, group, gush, hail,
handful, heap, heptameter, heptapody, heroic couplet, hexameter,
hexapody, hive, host, hunk, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, ictus,
ionic, jam, jillion, jingle, kettleful, landslide, lapful,
large amount, lavishness, legion, liberality, liberalness, lilt,
limit, load, loads, loaf, long vowel, lot, lots, lump, luxuriance,
many, masculine caesura, mass, masses of, maximum, measure, mess,
meter, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical group,
metrical unit, metron, million, mob, model, molossus, mora,
more than enough, mountain, mouthful, movement, much, muchness,
multitude, myriad, myriads, nest, norm, nugget, number, numbers,
numerousness, ocean, oceans, oodles, opulence, opulency,
outpouring, overflow, pack, paeon, parameter, parcel, part, pat,
pattern, peck, pentameter, pentapody, period, plenitude,
plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, plurality, portion, poundage,
prevalence, proceleusmatic, prodigality, product, productiveness,
profuseness, profusion, pyrrhic, quantities, quantum, quite a few,
ration, reading, readout, reckoning, reduced vowel, repleteness,
repletion, rhythm, rich harvest, rich vein, richness, riot,
riotousness, room, rout, ruck, rule, scads, scale, score, scores,
sea, shoal, short vowel, shower, small amount, space, spate,
spondee, sprung rhythm, standard, stowage, stream, stress,
substantiality, substantialness, sum, summation, superabundance,
superfluity, swarm, swing, syzygy, tale, tally, teemingness, test,
tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme, the bottom line, the story,
the whole story, thesis, thousand, throng, tidy sum, tonnage, tons,
total, touchstone, tribrach, trillion, trimeter, tripody, triseme,
trochee, type, value, volume, wad, wealth, weight, whole, world,
worlds, worlds of, x number, yardstick
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