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Quantity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quantity is a kind of property which exists as magnitude or multitude. It is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation. Quantity was first introduced as qu...
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Physical quantity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Informally, a physical quantity is a physical property that can be quantified. This means it can be measured and/or calculated and expressed in numbers. For example, "length" is a physical quantity ...
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gnu.math; Class Quantity ... public abstract class Quantity extends Numeric ... A quantity with a unit. This generalizes the DSSSL quantity type (to more than lengths).
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Interpretations of quantity as either a physical or theoretical abstraction ... Quantity is distinguished into (1) continuous, and (2) discrete. Continuous (geometrical) quantity is that which consists of parts having position in reference to each other, so that the limit of the one is the limit of the next.
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The quantity should be given by weight whenever possible. Volumes should only be used with products where weight and volume are consistent or with those ingredients used in amounts too small to weight accurately.
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