relative quantity — noun a quantity relative to some purpose • Hypernyms: ↑measure, ↑quantity, ↑amount • Hyponyms: ↑enough, ↑sufficiency, ↑normality, ↑N, ↑majority, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
relative majority — noun (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) • Syn: ↑plurality • Topics: ↑election • Hypernyms: ↑relative quantity * * * relative… … Useful english dictionary
Relative density — Relative density, sometimes called specific density, is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a given reference material. If a substance s relative density is less than one then it is less dense than the reference; if greater… … Wikipedia
Quantity — Quan ti*ty, n.; pl. {Quantities}. [F. quantite, L. quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quantity of estate — Quantity Quan ti*ty, n.; pl. {Quantities}. [F. quantite, L. quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quantity of matter — Quantity Quan ti*ty, n.; pl. {Quantities}. [F. quantite, L. quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quantity of motion — Quantity Quan ti*ty, n.; pl. {Quantities}. [F. quantite, L. quantitas, fr. quantus bow great, how much, akin to quam bow, E. how, who. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Relative volatility — is a measure comparing the vapor pressures of the components in a liquid mixture of chemicals. This quantity is widely used in designing large industrial distillation processes.cite book|author=Kister, Henry Z.|title=Distillation… … Wikipedia
Relative permittivity — Relative static permittivities of some materials at room temperature under 1 kHz[1] Material εr Vacuum 1 (by definition) Air 1.00058986 ± 0.00000050 (at STP, for 0.9 MH … Wikipedia
relative quantity — index differential Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
quantity — [kwänt′ə tē] n. pl. quantities [ME quantite < OFr < L quantitas < quantus, how great < quam, how, how much < IE interrogative base * kwo > WHO, WHAT] 1. an amount; portion 2. any indeterminate bulk, weight, or number 3. the… … English World dictionary
