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quantity
English
Etymology
From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantit?s (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kw?n.t?.ti/
- (General American) enPR: kw?n?(t)?t?, IPA(key): /?kw?n(t)?ti/, [?k?w?n(?)??i], [?k?w?n(t?)?t?i]
- Note: This is with a relaxed middle T, and is only used in colloquial contexts by many speakers.
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?kw?nd?di/, /?kw?n???i/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?kwæn.t?.ti/
Noun
quantity (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
- 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.
- 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, p 89
- For problems 58-67, translate each word phrase into an algebraic expression. […] 65. x plus 9, the quantity squared
- 2005, R. Mark Sirkin, Statistics For The Social Sciences, p137
- The second, , read "summation of x, quantity squared," tells us to first add up all the xs to get and then square to get .
- 1985, Serge Lang, Math!: Encounters with High School Students, p54
- ANN. quantity cubed.
- SERGE LANG. That's right, .
- 2006, Jerome E. Kaufmann and Karen Schwitters, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra: A Combined Approach, p 89
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
- Qty
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Related terms
Translations
See also
- measure
- unit
Further reading
- quantity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quantity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quantity at OneLook Dictionary Search
quantity From the web:
- what quantity relates to the stiffness of a spring
- what quantity is directly measured in a titration
- what quantity mean
- what quantity changes when a solution is diluted
- what quantity is a vector
- what quantity does the data represent
- what quantity is represented by the symbol j
- what quantity dictates the speed of a reaction
segment
English
Etymology
From Latin segmentum (“a piece cut off, a strip, segment of the earth, a strip of tinsel”), from secare (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- noun
- (UK, US) enPR: s?g?m?nt, IPA(key): /?s??.m?nt/
- verb
- (UK) IPA(key): /s???m?nt/
- (US) enPR: s?g?m?nt, s?g-m?nt?, IPA(key): /?s??m?nt/, /s???m?nt/
Noun
segment (plural segments)
- A length of some object.
- One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
- (mathematics) A portion.
- A straight path between two points that is the shortest distance between them.
- (geometry) The part of a circle between its circumference and a chord (usually other than the diameter).
- (geometry) The part of a sphere cut off by a plane.
- (topology) Any of the pieces that constitute an order tree.
- (sciences) A portion.
- (phonology) A discrete unit of speech: a consonant or a vowel.
- (botany) A portion of an organ whose cells are derived from a single cell within the primordium from which the organ developed.
- (zoology) One of several parts of an organism, with similar structure, arranged in a chain; such as a vertebra, or a third of an insect's thorax.
- (broadcasting) A part of a broadcast program, devoted to a topic.
- (computing) An Ethernet bus.
- (computing) A region of memory or a fragment of an executable file designated to contain a particular part of a program.
- (travel) A portion of an itinerary: it may be a flight or train between two cities, or a car or hotel booked in a particular city.
- (heraldry) A bearing representing only one part of a rounded object.
Synonyms
- (part or section of a whole): lith
- (straight path): line segment
- (area of a circle): circular segment
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- seven-segment
Related terms
- seven-segment display
Related terms
Translations
Verb
segment (third-person singular simple present segments, present participle segmenting, simple past and past participle segmented)
- (transitive, intransitive) To divide into segments or sections.
- Segment the essay by topic.
Hyponyms
- supreme
Translations
Further reading
- segment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- segment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin segmentum.
Noun
segment m (plural segments)
- segment
Derived terms
- segmentar
Further reading
- “segment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “segment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “segment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “segment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)
Noun
segment
- segment
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French segment, from Latin segmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?x?m?nt/
- Hyphenation: seg?ment
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
segment n (plural segmenten, diminutive segmentje n)
- A segment.
Derived terms
- bolsegment
- cirkelsegment
- lijnsegment
- segmentaal
- segmentboog
- segmentrand
Related terms
- sectie
- segmentatie
- segmenteren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: segment
- ? West Frisian: segmint
French
Etymology
From Latin segmentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
segment m (plural segments)
- segment (all senses)
Further reading
- “segment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin segmentum
Noun
segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment or segmenter, definite plural segmenta or segmentene)
- a segment
References
- “segment” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “segment” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin segmentum
Noun
segment n (definite singular segmentet, indefinite plural segment, definite plural segmenta)
- a segment
References
- “segment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French segment, from Latin segmentum.
Noun
segment n (plural segmente)
- segment
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??ment/
- Hyphenation: seg?ment
Noun
sègment m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- segment
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From Latin segmentum (“cutting”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?ment/
- Hyphenation: seg?ment
Noun
segment m (genitive singular segmentu, nominative plural segmenty, genitive plural segmentov, declension pattern of dub)
- segment
Declension
Further reading
- segment in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
segment From the web:
- what segments determine the incenter of a triangle
- what segment is the projection of qt on rt
- what segment is the projection of st on qt
- what segment is parallel to ef
- what segments intersect to form the circumcenter
- what segment is congruent to ac
- what segments intersect to form the incenter
- what segment is the projection of q on rt
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