A punting pole with a broad flange near the end to prevent it from sinking into the mud; a setting pole.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Quantampoh
Encyclopedia Britannica
QUANTAMPOH, or Kuntampoh, a town of the Gold Coast region of western Africa, situated about 80 miles north-east of Coomassie, in 7° 36' N. lat. and 1° 4' W. long. According to Captain Brandon Kirby, who was the first white man to reach the place, it had in 1881 a resident population of 15,000, and traders passed through it to the number of about 25,000. Formerly it was one of the great ivory-marts of this part of Africa, and it is still a centre of the cola-nut trade, the slave trade, &c.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, p. 153
[97 words — estimated reading time: 1 minute]
[97 words — estimated reading time: 1 minute]
A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as they contain two, three, four, or more variables; thus, the quantic / is a binary cubic.
Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.
Estimable according to quantity.
Relating to quantity.
of Quantity
Estimable according to quantity.
Estimable according to quantity; quantitative.
So as to be measurable by quantity; quantitatively.
1. That property of any thing which may be increased or diminished.
2. This definition is defective, and as applicable to many other properties as to quantity A definition strictly philosophical cannot be given. In common usage, quantity is a mass or collection of matter of indeterminate dimensions, but consisting of particles which cannot be distinguished, or which are not customarily distinguished, or which are considered in the aggregate. Thus we say, a quantity of earth, a quantity of water, a quantity of air, of light, of heat, of iron, of wood, of timber, of corn, of paper. But we do not say, a quantity of men, or of horses, or of houses; for as these are considered as separate individuals or beings, we call an assemblage of them, a number of multitude.
3. An indefinite extent of space.
4. A portion or part.
5. If I were sawed into quantities. [Not in use.]
6. a large portion; as a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
7. In mathematics, any thing which can be multiplied, divided or measured.
8. Thus mathematics is called the science of quantity In algebra, quantities are known and unknown. Known quantities are usually represented by the first letters of the alphabet, as a, b, c, and unknown quantities are expressed by the last letters, x, y, z, etc. Letters thus used to represent quantities are themselves called quantities. A simple quantity is expressed by one term, as + a, or - abc; a compound is expressed by more terms than one, connected by the signs, + plus, or -minus, as a + b, or a - b + c. quantities which have the sign + prefixed, are called positive or affirmative; those which have the sign - prefixed are called negative.
9. In grammar, the measure of a sullable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced.
10. In logic, a category, universal, or predicament; a general conception.
11. In music, the relative duration of a note or syllable.
12. Quantity of matter, in a body, is the measure arising from the joint consideration of its magnitude and density.
13. Quantity of motion, in a body, is the measure arising from the joint consideration of its quantity of matter and its velocity.
1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.
2. The extent or extension of a general conception, that is, the number of species or individuals to which it may be applied; also, its content or comprehension, that is, the number of its constituent qualities, attributes, or relations.
3. The measure of a syllable; that which determines the time in which it is pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable.
4. The relative duration of a tone.
5. That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.
6. A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.
Of or pertaining to quantivalence.
1. The quantity; the amount.
2. Quantum meruit, in law, an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve.
3. Quantum valebat, an action to recover of the defendant for goods sold, as much as they were worth.
1. Quantity; amount.
2. A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary.
No thesaurus entries found for "quant".
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
2 KJV and 6 BSB verses contain “quant”
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke; but the drops and the smoke remain behind: so the quantity which is past did more exceed.