Dictionary entries for 'quantity'

Synonyms

quan·ti·ty (kwŏńtĭ-tē)

[Middle English quantite, from Old French, from Latin quantitās, quantitāt-, from quantus, how great.]

noun: pl., -ti·ties.

1. A specified or indefinite number or amount.
2. A considerable amount or number: sells drugs wholesale and in quantity.
3. An exact amount or number.
The measurable, countable, or comparable property or aspect of a thing.
Mathematics Something that serves as the object of an operation.
1. Linguistics The relative amount of time needed to pronounce a vowel, consonant, or syllable.
2. The duration of a syllable in quantitative verse.
Logic The exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity.