» indefinite quantity
Noun (1 meaning)
indefinite quantity is a type of:
- measure, quantity, amount (noun) - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
types of indefinite quantity:
- addition, increase, gain (noun) - a quantity that is added
- bag (noun) - the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- breakage (noun) - the quantity broken
- capacity (noun) - (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- catch, haul (noun) - the quantity that was caught
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- containerful (noun) - the quantity that a container will hold
- correction, fudge factor (noun) - a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
- dose, dosage (noun) - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
- footstep, pace, step, stride (noun) - the distance covered by a step
- headspace (noun) - the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing
- large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount (noun) - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
- limit, limitation (noun) - the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
- limit, limit point, point of accumulation (noun) - the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
- load (noun) - an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- load, loading (noun) - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- outage (noun) - the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation
- output, yield, production (noun) - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)
- precipitation (noun) - the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time
- region, neighborhood (noun) - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
- reserve (noun) - (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- run (noun) - the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)
- skinful (noun) - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk
- small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount (noun) - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
- spillage (noun) - the amount that has spilled
- spoilage (noun) - the amount that has spoiled
- supply (noun) - an amount of something available for use
- tankage (noun) - the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanks
- top-up (noun) - an amount needed to restore something to its former level
- ullage (noun) - the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
- worth (noun) - an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value