quantifir.html - See: UNKNOWN QUANTITY.

quantifir.html - n.
Math. a rational integral homogeneous function of two or more variables.

quantifir.html - v.tr.
(-ies, -ied)
1 determine the quantity of.
2 measure or express as a quantity.
3 Logic define the application of (a term or proposition) by the use of all, some, etc., e.g. 'for all x if x is A then x is B'.

quantifiable adj. quantifiability n. quantification n. quantifier n. [med.L quantificare (as QUANTAL)]

quantifir.html - adj.
1 a concerned with quantity. b measured or measurable by quantity.
2 of or based on the quantity of syllables.

quantitative analysis Chem. measurement of the amounts of the constituents of a substance (opp. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS).

quantitatively adv. [med.L quantitativus (as QUANTITY)]

quantifir.html - adj.
= QUANTITATIVE.

quantitively adv.

quantifir.html - 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 or numbers; an abundance (quantities of food; is found in quantities on the shore).
5 the length or shortness of vowel sounds or syllables.
6 Math. a a value, component, etc. that may be expressed in numbers. b the figure or symbol representing this.

quantity mark a mark put over a vowel etc. to indicate its length. quantity surveyor a person who measures and prices building work. quantity theory the hypothesis that prices correspond to changes in the monetary supply. [ME f. OF quantit÷ f. L quantitas -tatis f. quantus how much]