Matter vs Quantity - What's the difference?
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Substance, material.
# (physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
# (physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).
# A kind of substance.
# Written material (especially in books or magazines).
# (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* Bible, (w) xviii. 22
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* 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
An approximate amount or extent.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
* (William Congreve) (1670-1729)
(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
* (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(obsolete) Pus.
To be important.
:The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
:Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter .
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
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It mattered little as Newcastle's challenge faded and Villa began to dominate the game in midfield, and it was only Barton's continued sense of injustice that offered the visitors any spark in a tame contest.}}(transitive, obsolete, outside, dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
*, Folio Society 1973, p.47:
*:Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof
To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:Each slight sore mattereth .
A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
An indefinite amount of something.
A specific measured amount.
A considerable measure or amount.
(metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.
(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.
* 2006 , Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach ,
* 2005 , R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences ,
* 1985 , Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students ,
As nouns the difference between matter and quantity
is that matter is substance, material while quantity is a fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.As a verb matter
is to be important.matter
English
(wikipedia matter)Noun
- if the matter should be tried by duel
- Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name / Shall be the copious matter of my song.
- Every great matter' they shall bring unto thee, but every small ' matter they shall judge.
- The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
- No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before.
- Away he goes,a matter of seven miles.
- I have thoughts to tarry a small matter .
- He is the matter of virtue.
- And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.
Synonyms
* material * stuff * substanceDerived terms
(Terms derived from the noun "matter") * a small matter - Somewhat, slightly * as a matter of fact - Actually * as a matter of law * back matter * baryonic matter * baryonic dark matter * degenerate matter * fecal matter * for that matter - In regards to * front matter * gray matter, grey matter * matterless * matter-of-fact * matter of record * mind over matter * mattery * no matter * organic matter * particulate matter * state of matter * strange matter * subject-matter * what's the matter * white matterVerb
(en verb)Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle, passage=Despite further attempts by Agbonlahor and Young, however, they could not find the goal to reward their endeavour.
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Derived terms
* it doesn't matter * no matter - In spite ofStatistics
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English
(wikipedia quantity)Noun
(quantities)- You have to choose between quantity and quality.
- Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity''' in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small '''quantity .
- Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity .
- This bag would normally costs $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.
- Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.
- The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.
- x plus ''y'' quantity squared equals ''x'' squared plus ''2xy'' plus ''y'' squared .
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- For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression.
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- 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
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- The second, , read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get and then square to get .
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- ANN. quantity cubed.
- SERGE LANG. That's right, .