transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwän-tə-tē ]
noun
( plural -ties )
Etymology: Middle English quantite, from Anglo-French quantité, from Latin quantitat-, quantitas, from quantus how much, how large; akin to Latin quam how, as, quando when, qui who — more at who
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : an indefinite amount or number
b. : a determinate or estimated amount
c. : total amount or number
d. : a considerable amount or number — often used in plural
generous quantities of luck — H. E. Putsch
2.
a. : the aspect in which a thing is measurable in terms of greater, less, or equal or of increasing or decreasing magnitude
b. : the subject of a mathematical operation
c. : an individual considered with respect to a given situation
an unknown quantity …as attorney general — Tom Wicker
3.
a. : duration and intensity of speech sounds as distinct from their individual quality or phonemic character ; specifically : the relative length or brevity of a prosodic syllable in some languages (as Greek and Latin)
b. : the relative duration or time length of a speech sound or sound sequence
4. : the character of a logical proposition as being universal, particular, or singular