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- fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement - definite quantity
a specific measure of amount - indefinite quantity
an estimated quantity - relative quantity
a quantity relative to some purpose - system of measurement, metric
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic - system of weights and measures
system of measurement for length and weight and duration - British Imperial System, English system, British system
a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint - metric system
a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second - cgs, cgs system
system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds - Systeme International d'Unites, Systeme International, SI system, SI, SI unit, International System of Units, International System
a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists - United States Customary System
the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System - point system
a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point - information measure
a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information - bandwidth
a data transmission rate - baud, baud rate
(computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems - cordage
the amount of wood in an area as measured in cords - octane number, octane rating
a measure of the antiknock properties of gasoline - utility
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice - marginal utility
(economics) the amount that utility increases with an increase of one unit of an economic good or service - sufficiency, enough
an adequate quantity - fill
a quantity sufficient to satisfy - normality, N
(of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter - majority, absolute majority
(elections) more than half of the votes - plurality, relative majority
(in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) - absolute value, numerical value
a real number regardless of its sign - acid value
(chemistry) the amount of free acid present in fat as measured by the milligrams of potassium hydroxide needed to neutralize it - chlorinity
a measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in water (especially seawater) - number
a concept of quantity involving zero and units - quire
a quantity of paper - ream
a quantity of paper - solubility
the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution) - toxicity
the degree to which something is poisonous - cytotoxicity
the degree to which something is toxic to living cells - unit, unit of measurement
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange - measuring unit, measuring block
a unit of measurement - denier
a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon - diopter, dioptre
a unit of measurement of the refractive power of a lens which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length measured in meters - karat, carat, kt
the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy - decimal
a number in the decimal system - constant
a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context - Avogadro's number, Avogadro number
the number of molecules in a mole of a substance (approximately 602,250,000,000,000,000,000,000) - Boltzmann's constant
constant used in the calculation of the ideal gas constant - coefficient
a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic - absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption, absorptance
a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance - drag coefficient, coefficient of drag
the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body - coefficient of friction
the ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surface - coefficient of mutual induction, mutual inductance
a measure of the induction between two circuits - coefficient of self induction, self-inductance
the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries - modulus
(physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance - coefficient of elasticity, modulus of elasticity, elastic modulus
(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic body - bulk modulus
the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume - modulus of rigidity
the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force - Young's modulus
a coefficient of elasticity applicable to the stretching of a wire - expansivity, coefficient of expansion
the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure - reflectivity, coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectance
the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface - transmission, transmittance
the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance - coefficient of viscosity, absolute viscosity, dynamic viscosity
a measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied force - weight, weighting
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance - cosmological constant
an arbitrary constant in the equations of general relativity theory - equilibrium constant
(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction) - dissociation constant
the equilibrium constant for a reversible dissociation - R, gas constant, universal gas constant
(physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature - G, gravitational constant, universal gravitational constant, constant of gravitation
(physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and distance in Newton's law of gravitation - Hubble's constant, Hubble constant, Hubble's parameter, Hubble parameter
(cosmology) the ratio of the speed of recession of a galaxy (due to the expansion of the universe) to its distance from the observer - ionic charge
the charge on an ion is equal to a constant charge e multiplied by an integer from 1 to 15 - h, Planck's constant
the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency - oxidation number, oxidation state
the degree of oxidation of an atom or ion or molecule - cardinality
(mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping) - count
the total number counted - complement
a complete number or quantity - blood count
the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample - body count
a count of troops killed in an operation or time period - circulation
number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold - circulation
(library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period - head count, headcount
number of people in a particular group - pollen count
the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place - sperm count
the number of sperm in an ejaculate - factor
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together - conversion factor
factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units - factor of proportionality, constant of proportionality
the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y - Fibonacci number
a number in the Fibonacci sequence - prime, prime quantity
a number that has no factor but itself and 1 - prime factor
the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity - prime number
an integer that has no integral factors but itself and 1 - composite number
an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one - score
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest - stroke
(golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club - birdie
(golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole - bogey
(golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole - deficit
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing - double-bogey
(golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole - duck, duck's egg
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman - eagle
(golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole - double eagle
(golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole - game
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win - lead
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning - love
a score of zero in tennis or squash - match
the score needed to win a match - par
(golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course - record
the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had - compound number
a quantity expressed in two different units - ordinal number, ordinal, no.
the number designating place in an ordered sequence - first, number one, number 1
the first element in a countable series - cardinal, cardinal number
the number of elements in a mathematical set - base, radix
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place - floating-point number
a number represented in floating-point notation - fixed-point number
a number represented in fixed-point notation - frequency, absolute frequency
the number of observations in a given statistical category - googol
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred) - googolplex
a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol) - atomic number
the order of an element in Mendeleyev's table of the elements - magic number
the atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 or 126 - baryon number
a number equal to the difference between the number of baryons and the number of antibaryons in any subatomic structure - quota
a prescribed number - long measure
a measure of length - magnetization, magnetisation
the extent or degree to which something is magnetized - magnetic flux
a measure of the strength of a magnetic field over a given area - absorption unit
a unit for measuring absorption - acceleration unit
a unit for measuring acceleration - angular unit
a unit of measurement for angles - area unit, square measure
a system of units used to measure areas - volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
a unit of measurement of volume or capacity - cubic inch, cu in
the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side - cubic foot, cu ft
the volume equal to a cube one foot on each side - computer memory unit
a unit for measuring computer memory - cord
a unit of amount of wood cut for burning - emu, electromagnetic unit
any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism - explosive unit
any unit for measuring the force of explosions - force unit
a unit of measurement of physical force - linear unit, linear measure
a unit of measurement of length - metric, metric unit
a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds) - miles per gallon
the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel - monetary unit
a unit of money - megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second
(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system - teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second
(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system - MIPS, million instructions per second
(computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system) - pain unit
a unit measuring the intensity of pain - pressure unit
a unit measuring force per unit area - printing unit
a unit of measurement for printing - sound unit
any acoustic unit of measurement - telephone unit
a unit of measurement for telephone use - temperature unit
a unit of measurement for temperature - weight, weight unit
a unit used to measure weight - mass unit
a unit of measurement for mass - unit of viscosity
a unit of measurement for viscosity - work unit, heat unit, energy unit
a unit of measurement for work - langley
unit of solar radiation - Brinell number
measure of the hardness of a material - Brix scale
a system for measuring the concentration of sugar solutions - point
the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest - advantage
(tennis) first point scored after deuce - set point
(tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis - match point
(tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis) - sabin
a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound - circular measure
measurement of angles in radians - mil
an angular unit used in artillery - degree, arcdegree
a measure for arcs and angles - second, arcsecond
a 60th part of a minute of arc - minute, arcminute, minute of arc
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree - microradian
a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian - milliradian
a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a radian - radian, rad
the unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites - grade, grad
one-hundredth of a right angle - oxtant
a unit of angular distance equal to half a quadrant - sextant
a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees - straight angle
an angle of 180 degrees - steradian, sr
the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites - square inch, sq in
a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square - square foot, sq ft
a unit of area equal to one foot by one foot square - square yard, sq yd
a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square - square meter, square metre, centare
a centare is 1/100th of an are - square mile
an area of 640 acres - section
a land unit equal to 1 square mile - quarter section
a land unit equal to a quarter of a section (160 acres) and measuring 1/2 mile on a side - acre
a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries - are, ar
a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters - hectare
(abbreviated `ha') a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares (or 10,000 square meters) - arpent
a former French unit of area - barn, b
(physics) a unit of nuclear cross section - dessiatine
a former Russian unit of area equal to 2.7 acres - morgen
a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres - rod, perch, pole
a square rod of land - liquid unit, liquid measure
a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) - dry unit, dry measure
a unit of capacity for dry commodities (as fruit or grain) - United States liquid unit
a liquid unit officially adopted in the United States Customary System - British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit
a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System - metric capacity unit
a capacity unit defined in metric terms - ardeb
a unit of dry measure used in Egypt - arroba
a liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries - bath
an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons - cran
a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring - ephah, epha
an ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel - field capacity
the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold - homer, kor
an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs - hin
ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons - fathom, fthm
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore - acre-foot
the volume of water that would cover 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot - acre inch
one twelfth of an acre-foot - board measure
a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot - board foot
the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick