The quantity of water stored in a glacier can be estimated by measuring its surface area and depth.
冰川中储存的水量可以通过测量其表面积和深度来估算。
Ants communicate largely through chemical trails known as pheromones; when a worker ant finds a food source, it lays down a pheromone trail on its way back to the colony, and the strength of that trail indicates the quality and quantity of the food found.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- The concept of infinity was treated with suspicion by many ancient Greek mathematicians, who preferred to work only with finite quantities.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
A survey of remote employees found that those whose teams used a shared virtual whiteboard during brainstorming sessions reported similar levels of reported idea quantity to teams that did not use one, but reported significantly higher satisfaction with the brainstorming process itself.
From a Inferences question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “quantity”?
C — Amount, how much. “quantity” means amount, how much.
Which word means “amount, how much”?
A — quantity. “quantity” means amount, how much.
quantity — amount, how much. In Chinese: 数量.
quantity is pronounced /ˈkwɑːntəti/.
The quantity of water stored in a glacier can be estimated by measuring its surface area and depth. (冰川中储存的水量可以通过测量其表面积和深度来估算。)
amount, volume, extent — all close in meaning to quantity (amount, how much).
quality — each the opposite of quantity (amount, how much).
Yes. quantity is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
quant(quant)+ity(noun)