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quantity definition

quan·tity (kwäntə tē)

noun pl. quantities -·ties

  1. an amount; portion
  2. any indeterminate bulk, weight, or number
  3. the exact amount of a particular thing
  4. a great amount or number to buy a commodity in quantity
  5. that property of anything which can be determined by measurement
  6. Logic that characteristic of a proposition according to which it is classified as universal or particular
  7. Math.
    1. a thing that has the property of being measurable in dimensions, amounts, etc. or in extensions of these which can be expressed in numbers or symbols
    2. a number or symbol expressing a mathematical quantity
  8. Phonet., Prosody the relative length, or duration, of a vowel, continuant consonant, or syllable

Etymology: ME quantite < OFr < L quantitas < quantus, how great < quam, how, how much < IE interrogative base *kwo- > who, what

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