QUANTITY


Meaning of QUANTITY in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.