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Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

Surd :: Surd (a.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number..

Alcohol :: Alcohol (n.) Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation..

Assignable :: Assignable (a.) Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity..

Index :: Index (n.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent.

Less :: Less (n.) A smaller portion or quantity.

Pitcherful :: Pitcherful (n.) The quantity a pitcher will hold.

Incommensurable :: Incommensurable (a.) Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable..

Tallow :: Tallow (v. t.) To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten; as, tallow sheep..

Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle..

Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small quantity of air or gas within a liquid body; as, bubbles rising in champagne or aerated waters..

Equal :: Equal (a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value..

Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (n.) A small quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling..

Morsel :: Morsel (n.) A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.

Overplus :: Overplus (n.) That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus..

Multiply :: Multiply (v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.

Mete :: Mete (a.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure..

Comparison :: Comparison (n.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison..

Vector :: Vector (n.) A directed quantity, as a straight line, a force, or a velocity. Vectors are said to be equal when their directions are the same their magnitudes equal. Cf. Scalar..

Coemption :: Coemption (n.) The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity.

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