quantity

  • 11Quantity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absolute quantity. < N PARAG:Quantity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 quantity quantity magnitude Sgm: N 1 size size &c.(dimensions) 192 Sgm: N 1 amplitude amplitude magnitude mass amount sum …

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  • 12quantity — quan|ti|ty W2S3 [ˈkwɔntıti US ˈkwa:n ] n plural quantities [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: quantité, from Latin quantitas, from quantus how much ] 1.) [U and C] an amount of something that can be counted or measured quantity of ▪ The… …

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  • 13quantity — [[t]kwɒ̱ntɪti[/t]] ♦♦♦ quantities 1) N VAR A quantity is an amount that you can measure or count. ...a small quantity of water. ...vast quantities of food... The bowl needs to be re frozen after each use, so it takes a long time to make a large… …

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  • 14quantity — 01. The price goes down for our goods if you buy them in large [quantity]. 02. It costs much less to make your own salsa if you make large [quantities] of it. 03. We buy a huge [quantity] of strawberries and blueberries every summer to preserve… …

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  • 15quantity */*/ — UK [ˈkwɒntətɪ] / US [ˈkwɑntətɪ] noun Word forms quantity : singular quantity plural quantities Metaphor: Changes in quantities and amounts are like movements up and down. People think of large quantities as being in a high position and small… …

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  • 16Quantity — Quantität (englisch Quantity) ist ein Analysemuster aus der Softwaretechnik und dient zur Modellierung messbarer Werte und ihrer Einheit. Das Muster wurde von Martin Fowler entwickelt und in seinem Buch Analysemuster beschrieben.… …

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  • 17quantity — quan|ti|ty [ kwantəti ] noun ** uncount the amount of something: They monitor both the quantity and the quality of materials used. a. count or uncount a particular amount of something: Saturated fats can be bad for your health if consumed in… …

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  • 18quantity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, huge, immense, large, massive, sheer, significant, substantial, vast …

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  • 19quantity — n. (pl. ies) 1 the property of things that is measurable. 2 the size or extent or weight or amount or number. 3 a specified or considerable portion or number or amount (buys in quantity; the quantity of heat in a body). 4 (in pl.) large amounts… …

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  • 20quantity — n. amount 1) a considerable, large; negligible, small; sufficient quantity 2) in (large) quantities factor 3) an unknown quantity * * * [ kwɒntɪtɪ] large negligible small sufficient quantity [ amount ] a considerable [ factor ] an unknown… …

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