Quantity

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The relative duration of a tone.
  • (n.) That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare quantity with other words:

cardinal vs. quantity

quantity vs. sovereign

proportion vs. quantity

quantity vs. wheen

oversum vs. quantity

microcoulomb vs. quantity

outmeasure vs. quantity

quantity vs. whatness

hall vs. quantity

propriety vs. quantity

discussion vs. quantity

bull vs. quantity

bavarian vs. quantity

quantity vs. volume

quantities vs. quantity

manx vs. quantity

court vs. quantity

indefinite vs. quantity

lot vs. quantity

predesignate vs. quantity

quantity vs. variate

disproportion vs. quantity

pennyworth vs. quantity

bagful vs. quantity

quantity vs. replenish

contour vs. quantity

gobbet vs. quantity

pocketful vs. quantity

quantity vs. scattering

quantity vs. trisect

quantity vs. totality

bulk vs. quantity

basque vs. quantity

audit vs. quantity

head vs. quantity

nought vs. quantity

approximately vs. quantity

insignificantly vs. quantity

quantity vs. scad

limitless vs. quantity

profusely vs. quantity

profuse vs. quantity

mickle vs. quantity

quantity vs. swill

quantity vs. subtract

displacement vs. quantity

infinitesimal vs. quantity

gradient vs. quantity

quantity vs. understate

quantity vs. underestimate

jorum vs. quantity

correspond vs. quantity

minus vs. quantity

quantity vs. viscosity

pulsation vs. quantity

quantity vs. yield

plus vs. quantity

prodigious vs. quantity

negative vs. quantity

addibility vs. quantity

quantity vs. statistic

peck vs. quantity

mess vs. quantity

demand vs. quantity

muchness vs. quantity

kettle vs. quantity

quantity vs. sheaf

barrel vs. quantity

purse vs. quantity

evolution vs. quantity

quantity vs. utmost

infinite vs. quantity

correction vs. quantity

defect vs. quantity

amass vs. quantity

quantity vs. spot

quantity vs. receipt

countable vs. quantity

quantity vs. value

quantity vs. sum

more vs. quantity

quantity vs. vector

constant vs. quantity

binomial vs. quantity

quantity vs. wholesale

dash vs. quantity

null vs. quantity

quantity vs. sea

quantity vs. quiet

energy vs. quantity

count vs. quantity

high vs. quantity

between vs. quantity

common vs. quantity

quantity vs. velocity

mass vs. quantity

force vs. quantity

amount vs. quantity

measure vs. quantity

quanta vs. quantity

quantity vs. quantum

quantitative vs. quantity

orate vs. quantity

quantity vs. some

accumulate vs. quantity

quantity vs. supply

part vs. quantity

quantity vs. unit

quality vs. quantity

qualitative vs. quantity

number vs. quantity

quantity vs. zero

deal vs. quantity