quantity

Definitions


[ˈkwɒntɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement
(e.g: the quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled)

- the perceived length of a vowel sound or syllable

- a value or component that may be expressed in numbers


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French quantite, from Latin quantitas (translating Greek posotēs), from quantus ‘how great, how much’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries