Meaning & use
Quantities
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Amounts or numbers of something, especially as measured, counted, or considered collectively.
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The factory orders raw materials in large quantities to reduce costs.
Scientists measured small quantities of the chemical in the water sample.
A note on using this word
In mathematics and physics, quantities are classified as either "scalar" (having magnitude only) or "vector" (having both magnitude and direction).
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