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quantite

Pronunciation: /kwantiˈteː/

“quantite” is a Middle English word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. The amount that something can contain or hold; volume.
  2. A portion or part of a measured or reckoned value.
  3. A specified piece or quantity of a greater whole or unit.
  4. Degree, extent; the relative amount or significance of something.
  5. Amount or length of time (that something occurs or happens over)
  6. Dimension; how big or large something is (in two or three dimensions)
  7. The main or central portion of a thing.
  8. The frequency of sound; pitch.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās.

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