Noun

(quantities)

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.

You have to choose between quantity and quality.

An indefinite amount of something.

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 .

A specific measured amount.

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.

A considerable measure or amount.

The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.

(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.

x plus ''y'' quantity squared equals ''x'' squared plus ''2xy'' plus ''y'' squared .

* 2006 , Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach , p 89

For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression.

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65. x plus 9, the quantity squared

* 2005 , R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences , p137

The second, $(\backslash sum\; x)^2$, read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get $\backslash sum\; x$ and then square $\backslash sum\; x$ to get $(\backslash sum\; x)^2$.

* 1985 , Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students , p54

ANN. $ra$ quantity cubed.

SERGE LANG. That's right, $(ra)^3$.

Noun

(en noun)

That which is thin and broad.

A thin, broad piece cut off.

a slice''' of bacon''; ''a '''slice''' of cheese''; ''a '''slice of bread

amount

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A piece of pizza.

* 2010 , Andrea Renzoni, ?Eric Renzoni, Fuhgeddaboudit! (page 22)

For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, the best Guido meal is a slice and a Coke.

(British) A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.

I bought a ham and cheese slice at the service station.

A broad, thin piece of plaster.

A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.

A salver, platter, or tray.

A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.

One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.

(printing) A removable sliding bottom to a galley.

(golf) A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw

(Australia, NZ) A class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.

(medicine) A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.

(falconry) A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)