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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
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shock
English
Alternative forms
- choque (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k, -?k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schokken (“to push, jolt, shake, jerk”) or Middle French choquer (“to collide with, clash”), from Old Dutch *skokkan (“to shake up and down, shog”), from Proto-Germanic *skukkan? (“to move, shake, tremble”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skakan? (“to shake, stir”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kAg'-, *(s)keg- (“to shake, stir”); see shake. Cognate with Middle Low German schocken (“collide with, deliver a blow to, move back and forth”), Old High German scoc (“a jolt, swing”), Middle High German schocken (“to swing”) (German schaukeln), Old Norse skykkr (“vibration, surging motion”), Icelandic skykkjun (“tremulously”), Middle English schiggen (“to shake”). More at shog.
Noun
shock (countable and uncountable, plural shocks)
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
- A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
- (medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
- (medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
- (physics) A shock wave.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:surprise
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (shokku)
- ? Korean: ?? (syokeu)
Translations
Verb
shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)
- (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
- (transitive) To give an electric shock to.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
- They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.
- 1832, Thomas De Quincey, Klosterheim Or, the Masque
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “shock”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Etymology 2
Variant of shag.
Noun
shock (plural shocks)
- An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
- 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- Cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
- Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
- 1557, Thomas Tusser, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry
- (commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
- (by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
- His head boasted a shock of sandy hair.
- (obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
- 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
- When I read of witty persons, I could not figure them but like the little shock. (translating the German Spitz)
- 1827 Thomas Carlyle, The Fair-Haired Eckbert
Verb
shock (third-person singular simple present shocks, present participle shocking, simple past and past participle shocked)
- (transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
Anagrams
- Kosch, hocks
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English shock.
Noun
shock m (invariable)
- shock (medical; violent or unexpected event)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English shock.
Noun
shock m (plural shocks)
- shock
Derived terms
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- what shocks should i buy
- what shocked the yeehats
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- what shocking news did the commander
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