What is the difference between quantity and amount?
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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 ,
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
A quantity or volume.
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To total or evaluate.
To be the same as or equivalent to.
(obsolete) To go up; to ascend.
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Amount is a synonym of quantity.
As nouns the difference between quantity and amount
is that 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 while amount is the total, aggregate or sum of material not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English.As a verb amount is
to total or evaluate.quantity
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, .
Usage notes
* In mathematics, used to unambiguously orate mathematical equations; it is extremely rare in print, since there is no need for it there.Synonyms
* QtySee also
* measure * unitExternal links
* * *amount
English
(Quantity)Noun
(en noun)How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
- The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
Derived terms
* principal amount * notional amountVerb
(en verb)- It amounts to three dollars and change.
- He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
- His response amounted to gross insubordination
- So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
