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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
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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