Quantity

 Aristolaos  2011, Posted 2014



 1.MAGNITUDE:  Property   of homoeomeric, homogen(e)ous, uniform, infinitively divisible entity into equal or not divisible parts/portions, measurable by units of measurements (measurable, uncountable nouns)

 Relevant terms: a lot, much, a large amount/a little (of), large, big/small, little all/some, 1, 2, 3  portions, (kilograms/kilos, grades/degrees etc).



 Property of an entity having two dimensions (height and length=area) plane, or three dimensions (length, width and height = volume) solid.



 2. MULTITUDE: Property of similar ,  alike ,  uniform ,  definite and indivisible entities, countable by  natural numbers  ( groups ,  plurality ,  plural number ) (numerable, countable nouns).

 Relevant terms :  a lot, many, a large number/a few ,  large, big/ small, little  all / some , 1, 2, 3  of them



 NB. “Multitude” refers to plurality by itself, while “ Magnitude” requires  quantification  (quantifiers) by  weights and measures.



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