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Definition of Numerical quantity
1. Noun. A quantity expressed as a number.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numerical Quantity
Literary usage of Numerical quantity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Units and Physical Constants by Joseph David Everett (1886)
"Hence in ordinary division either the divisor is a mere numerical quantity and
the quotient a quantity of the same nature as the dividend ; or else the ..."
2. Units and Physical Constants by Joseph David Everett (1886)
"a mere numerical quantity, and the product is of the same nature as the multiplicand.
Hence in ordinary division either the divisor is a mere numerical ..."
3. Illustrations of the C.G.S. System of Units: With Tables of Physical Constants by Joseph David Everett (1891)
"Hence in ordinary division either the divisor is a mere numerical quantity and
the quotient a quantity of the same nature as the dividend ; or else the ..."
4. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: An Elementary Treatise on Algebra by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"Leaving unheeded all but the arithmetical values of powers if any numerical
quantity a greater than i be taken the base of a system of logarithms and « be ..."
5. Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers by Georg Cantor (1911)
"A rational number r was said to be contained in a numerical quantity a when we
can separate from aa partial aggregate equal to r. A numerical quantity a was ..."
6. Mathematical Questions and Solutions (1889)
"... FRS) — If фx is the number of proper fractions in their lowest terms none of
whose denominators exceed the numerical quantity x ; prove that фx + ф%x + ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Change of Denomination of a numerical quantity is usually called reduction, so
that this term covers, eg, the expression of £153, 75. ..."
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