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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 numberplay

  Familiarity information: NUMERICAL QUANTITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUMERICAL QUANTITY (noun)


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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