Quantity, n.
That property of any thing which may be increased or diminished.
This definition is defective, and as applicable to many other properties as to quantity. A definition strictly philosophical cannot be given.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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That property of any thing which may be increased or diminished.
This definition is defective, and as applicable to many other properties as to quantity. A definition strictly philosophical cannot be given.