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SECTION III.— QUANTITY

i°. SIMPLE QUANTITY

25. Absolute quantity. 26. Relative quantity.

QUANTITY ( Substantives ), mag- DEGREE ( Substantive ), grade,
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nitude (192), amplitude, size, extent, measure, ratio, stint,
mass, amount, quantum, mea-
standard, height, pitch, reach,
sure, substance. amplitude, magnitude, water,
Science of quantity: Mathe-

matics. range, scope, gradation, shade,
tenor, compass, sphere,
rank ,
Definite or finite quantity: standing, rate, way, sort.
handful, mouthful, etc., stock, Point, mark, stage, step, posi-
batch, lot. tion, peg; term (71), gradation,
( Adjective ). Quantitative. degree.

( Phrase ). To the tune of. Intensity, might, fullness,

strength, see Conversion (144)
and Limit (233).
( Adjectives ). Comparative, gradual, shading off.

( Adverbs ). By degrees, gradually, grculatim, inasmuch,
pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, rung by rung,
bit by bit, little by little, by inches, inch by inch, by slow
degrees, by little and little.

2°. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY

27. Sameness of quantity or 28. Difference of quantity or
degree. degree.

E Q U A L I T Y (Substantives), INEQUALITY (Substantives), dis -
parity, co- extension, evenness, parity, imparity, odds, handicap,

equipoise, level, balance, equiva - bisque, difference (15), uneven-

lence, equipollence, equilibrium, ness.
poise, equiponderance, par, quits, Preponderance, prepondcra-
tie. tion, inclination of the balance,

Equalisation, equation, equi- advantage, prevalence, partiality.

libration, co-ordination, adjust - Superiority (33), a casting
ment, symmetry. weight.

A drawn game or battle, a Shortcoming, see 304.
dead heat, a draw. ( Verbs). To bo unequal, etc.,

A match, peer, compeer, equal, to preponderate, outweigh, out-

balance,
mate, fellow, brother, etc. (17),
overbalance,
prevail,
a make weight. countervail, predominate, over-
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( Verbs ). To be equal, etc., to match, outmatch, see 33.
equal, match, come up to, keep ( Phrases). To have or give the
pace with; come to, amount to, advantage; to turn the scale; to
balance, cope with. kick the beam ; to topple over.

( Phrases ). To be or lie on a To fall short of, to want (304),
level with, to come to the same not to come up to.
thing. ( Adjectives). Unequal, uneven,