quantity
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās, from quantus ("how much").
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/
- (America) enPR: kwŏnʹ(t)ĭtē, IPA: /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/, [ˈkʰwɑn(ɾ)ɨɾi], [ˈkʰwɑn(tʰ)ɨtʰi]
- (Canada) IPA: [ˈkwɑnɾəɾi]
- (obsolete) IPA: /ˈkwæn.tɪ.ti/, /ˈkwæn.tɪ.tɪ/
quantity (abbreviated qty)
- A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
- You have to choose between quantity and quality.
- An indefinite amount of something.
- Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity.
- Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity.
- A specific measured amount.
- This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.
- Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.
- A considerable measure or amount.
- The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
- (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
- (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
- x plus y quantity squared equals x squared plus 2xy plus y squared.
- (phonology) Length of sounds.
- French: quantité
- German: Quantität, Menge
- Italian: grandezza, quantità
- Portuguese: quantidade
- Russian: коли́чество
- Spanish: cantidad
- French: quantité
- German: Quantität
- Italian: numero
- Portuguese: quantidade
- Russian: коли́чество
- Spanish: cantidad, cuantía
- Portuguese: quantidade
- Russian: коли́чество
- German: Menge
- Portuguese: quantidade
- Russian: коли́чество
- Spanish: cantidad
- German: in Klammern
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