Definition of quantity

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Quantity (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..

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Indivisible :: Indivisible (a.) Not capable of exact division, as one quantity by another; incommensurable..
Sprinted :: Sprinkling (n.) Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops..
Infinite :: Infinite (n.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
Sprinkling :: Sprinkling (n.) A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow..
Square :: Square (n.) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 / 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2..
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling..
Average :: Average (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity; to amount to, or to be, on an average; as, the losses of the owners will average twenty five dollars each; these spars average ten feet in length..
Term :: Term (n.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd..
Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division..
Measure :: Measure (n.) To ascertain by use of a measuring instrument; to compute or ascertain the extent, quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by a certain rule or standard; to take the dimensions of; hence, to estimate; to judge of; to value; to appraise..
Mass :: Mass (n.) A large quantity; a sum.
Measurement :: Measurement (n.) The extent, size, capacity, amount. or quantity ascertained by measuring; as, its measurement is five acres..
Error :: Error (n.) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught..
Trebly :: Trebly (adv.) In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity; triply.
Vary :: Vary (v. i.) To alter or change in succession; to alternate; as, one mathematical quantity varies inversely as another..
Disproportion :: Disproportion (v. t.) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly..
Square :: Square (n.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity..
So :: So (adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so..
Taurine :: Taurine (n.) A body occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3..
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