Definitions for Quantities
quan·ti·ties

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. quantitiesnoun

   Plural form of quantity.

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1. quantities

   Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more", "less", or "equal", or by assigning a numerical value multiple of a unit of measurement. Mass, time, distance, heat, and angle are among the familiar examples of quantitative properties. Quantity is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation. Some quantities are such by their inner nature (as number), while others function as states (properties, dimensions, attributes) of things such as heavy and light, long and short, broad and narrow, small and great, or much and little. Under the name of multitude comes what is discontinuous and discrete and divisible ultimately into indivisibles, such as: army, fleet, flock, government, company, party, people, mess (military), chorus, crowd, and number; all which are cases of collective nouns. Under the name of magnitude comes what is continuous and unified and divisible only into smaller divisibles, such as: matter, mass, energy, liquid, material—all cases of non-collective nouns. Along with analyzing its nature and classification, the issues of quantity involve such closely related topics as dimensionality, equality, proportion, the measurements of quantities, the units of measurements, number and numbering systems, the types of numbers and their relations to each other as numerical ratios.

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1. Quantities

   of Quantity

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1. quantities

   Plural form of the word quantity.

   The quantities are accurate in the building bill of quantities.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on November 23, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Quantities' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4656

How to pronounce Quantities?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Quantities in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quantities in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Quantities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Quantities in a Sentence

1. Justin Gibbs:

   Two reasons. One, they are special. And, two, they are produced in smaller quantities and so often command a premium as time goes by.

2. Matt Rigby:

   CFC-11 was used primarily in foam blowing, so we looked at estimates of the amount of CFC-11 that could be locked up in insulating foams in buildings or refrigerators that were made before 2010, but the quantities were far too small to explain the recent rise, the most likely explanation is that new production has taken place, at least prior to the end of 2017, which is the period covered in our work.

3. Aedin Cassidy:

   Men who regularly consumed foods high in these flavonoids were 10 percent less likely to suffer erectile dysfunction. In terms of quantities, we’re talking just a few portions a week.

4. Rasmus Bech Hansen:

   Japan looks to be quite late in the game, they’re dependent on importing many (vaccines) from the U.S. And at the moment, it doesn’t seem very likely they will get very large quantities of for instance, the Pfizer vaccine.

5. Josiah Stamp, Attibuted to Sir Josiah Stamp (1849 - 1941) HM Collector of Inland Revenue.:

   The government (is) extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept ever in mind, however, is that in every case, the figures are first put down by a village watchman, and he puts down anything he damn well pleases.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Quantities
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantities
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Quantities