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noun. A specified or indefinite number or amount.

noun. A considerable amount or number.

noun. An exact amount or number.

noun. The measurable or countable property or aspect of things.

noun. Something that serves as the object of an operation.

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noun. The relative amount of time needed to pronounce a vowel, consonant, or syllable.

noun. The duration of a syllable in quantitative verse.

noun. The exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity.

noun. Specifically, same as duration or time-value: said of musical tones or notes.

noun. The being so much in measure or extent; technically, the intrinsic mode by virtue of which a thing is more or less than another; a system of relationship by virtue of which one thing is said to be more or less than another; magnitude.

noun. In the concrete, an object regarded as more or less; a quantum; any amount, magnitude, or aggregate, in a concrete sense: as, a quantity of water: sometimes erroneously used to denote that which should be enumerated rather than measured: as, a quantity of people.

noun. A large or considerable amount.

noun. A piece or part, especially a small portion; anything very little or diminutive.

noun. Proportion; correspondent degree.

noun. In anc. orthoëpy, pros., and metrics, the relative time occupied in uttering a vowel or a syllable; that characteristic of a vowel or a syllable by which it is distinguished as long or short; syllabic measure or time; prosodic length.

noun. In logic, that respect in which universal and particular propositions differ. See proposition, and logical quantity, below.

noun. In electricity, the amount of electricity which passes through any section of a circuit in a unit of time: more exactly termed the strength of the current.

noun. Quantity of comprehension or intension, or logical depth, a relative character of a term such that when it is in excess the term has all the predicates of another term, and more besides; or a relative character of a proposition such that when it is in excess the proposition is followed by all the consequents of another proposition, and more besides.

noun. Quantity of science (Aquinas) or of information, a relative character of a concept such that when it is in excess it has all the subjects and predicates of another concept, and more besides, owing to its being in a mind which has more knowledge. Logical quantity is to be distinguished from the quantity of a proposition.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced.

noun. The relative duration of a tone.

noun. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.

noun. A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum.

noun. its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years.

noun. in a body, its mass, as determined by its weight, or by its momentum under a given velocity.

noun. in a body, the relative amount of its motion, as measured by its momentum, varying as the product of mass and velocity.

noun. quantities whose values are given.

noun. quantities whose values are sought.

noun. 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.

noun. An indefinite amount of something.

noun. A specific measured amount.

noun. A considerable measure or amount.

noun. Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.

noun. Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.

noun. an adequate or large amount

noun. the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

noun. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

"The sphere of quantity, therefore, is absolutely identical with the sphere of the finite; and the phrase _infinite quantity_, if strictly construed, is a contradiction in terms."

absolute quantity  auxiliary quantity  broken quantity  categorical quantity  categories of quantity  

abundance  addition  amount  ball  beast  

Alexandrine  a mass of  a world of  abundance  accent