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quantity

1. Maths an entity having a magnitude that may be denoted by a numerical expression

2. Physics a specified magnitude or amount; the product of a number and a unit

3. Logic the characteristic of a proposition dependent on whether it is a universal or particular statement, considering all or only part of a class

4. Prosody the relative duration of a syllable or the vowel in it

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quantity [′kwän·əd·ē]

(computer science)

In computers, a positive or negative real number in the mathematical sense; the term quantity is preferred to the term number in referring to numerical data; the term number is used in the sense of natural number and reserved for “the number of digits,” the “number of operations,” and so forth.

(mathematics)

Any expression which is concerned with value rather than relations.