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NUMERICAL QUANTITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does numerical quantity mean?
• NUMERICAL QUANTITY (noun)
The noun NUMERICAL QUANTITY has 1 sense:
1. a quantity expressed as a number
Familiarity information: NUMERICAL QUANTITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity expressed as a number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("numerical quantity" is a kind of...):
quantity (the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "numerical quantity"):
zero; zero point (the point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured)
value (a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed)
vote; voter turnout (the total number of voters who participated)
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