quantity
Kelime Anlamı :

1. miktar.
2. nicelik.
3. KEMİYET, MİKTAR, KANTİTE; ŞUMUL.
4. sayı.
5. adet.
6. mantıki nicelik.
7. notanın uzunluğu.
8. Külliy.
9. bir hecenin uzunluğu.
10. He buys in large quantities.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1. the being so much in measure or extent; technically, the intrinsic mode by virtue of which a thing is more or less than another; a system of relationship by virtue of which one thing is said to be more or less than another; magnitude.
2. in the concrete, an object regarded as more or less; a quantum; any amount, magnitude, or aggregate, in a concrete sense: as, a quantity of water: sometimes erroneously used to denote that which should be enumerated rather than measured: as, a quantity of people.
3. A large or considerable amount.
4. A piece or part, especially a small portion; anything very little or diminutive.
5. proportion; correspondent degree.
6. in anc. orthoëpy, pros., and metrics, the relative time occupied in uttering a vowel or a syllable; that characteristic of a vowel or a syllable by which it is distinguished as long or short; syllabic measure or time; prosodic length.
7. in logic, that respect in which universal and particular propositions differ. see proposition, and logical quantity, below.
8. in electricity, the amount of electricity which passes through any section of a circuit in a unit of time: more exactly termed the strength of the current.
9. quantity of comprehension or intension, or logical depth, a relative character of a term such that when it is in excess the term has all the predicates of another term, and more besides; or a relative character of a proposition such that when it is in excess the proposition is followed by all the consequents of another proposition, and more besides.
10. quantity of science (Aquinas) or of information, a relative character of a concept such that when it is in excess it has all the subjects and predicates of another concept, and more besides, owing to its being in a mind which has more knowledge. logical quantity is to be distinguished from the quantity of a proposition.
11. specifically, same as duration or time-value: said of musical tones or notes.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. an adequate or large amount
2. the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
3. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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