a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
an exact or specified amount or measure: Mix the ingredients in the quantities called for.
a considerable or great amount: to extract ore in quantity.
Mathematics.
the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes.
something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, or the like.
magnitude, size, volume, area, or length.
Music. the length or duration of a note.
Logic. the character of a proposition as singular, universal, particular, or mixed, according to the presence or absence of certain kinds of quantifiers.
that amount, degree, etc., in terms of which another is greater or lesser.
Prosody, Phonetics. the relative duration or length of a sound or a syllable, with respect to the time spent in pronouncing it; length.
Law. the nature of an estate as affected by its duration in time.
Origin of quantity
1250–1300; Middle English quantite<Old French <Latin quantitās, equivalent to quant(us) how much + -itās-ity
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First, we need to change the debate—to focus at least as much on the quality of resources as the quantity.
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It's just typical political graft … It was a lot more about quantity than quality.
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There are people who put a lot on the quantity of things and the recipe.
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They estimate the efficacy of prayer by its quantity and not by its quality.
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The increase in length of runs and quantity of sand removed under low temperature conditions is very marked.
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The lime used in the hot has been less by one-third than the quantity used in the cold tempering.
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This fact accounts for the comparatively little mischief they did in proportion to the quantity of ammunition thrown away.
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British Dictionary definitions for quantity
quantity
/ (ˈkwɒntɪtɪ) /
nounplural-ties
a specified or definite amount, weight, number, etc
(as modifier)a quantity estimate
the aspect or property of anything that can be measured, weighed, counted, etc
a large or considerable amount
mathsan entity having a magnitude that may be denoted by a numerical expression
physicsa specified magnitude or amount; the product of a number and a unit
logicthe characteristic of a proposition dependent on whether it is a universal or particular statement, considering all or only part of a class
prosodythe relative duration of a syllable or the vowel in it
Word Origin for quantity
C14: from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās extent, amount, from quantus how much
usage for quantity
The use of a plural noun after quantity of as in a large quantity of bananas was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable