quan|ti|ty

quan|ti|ty
quan|ti|ty «KWON tuh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. an amount: »

Use equal quantities of nuts and raisins in the cake.

SYNONYM(S): portion.
2. a large amount; indefinite but usually large number: »

The baker buys flour in quantity. The professor owns quantities of books.

3. the amount of something present: »

to decrease the quantity of heat in a room.

4. something that is measurable.
5. Music. the length of a note.
6. the length of a sound or syllable in speech or poetry: »

But in quantity, or length, the “short a” in sand is actually longer than the “long a” in late (American Pronunciation).

7. Mathematics. a) something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, etc. b) a figure or symbol representing this.
8. Logic. a) the character of a proposition as universal or particular. b) how far a term or concept in a proposition is supposed to extend, as indicated by words like all, some, or no.
╂[< Old French quantite, learned borrowing from Latin quantitās < quantus how much]

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