The result of the research can be expressed as a quantity, or as a 'yes' or 'no' answer to a simple question or series of questions.
It may refer to a lack of knowledge of a quantity by an observer, or to the experimental inaccuracy with which a quantity is measured, or to some ambiguity in the definition of a quantity, or to a statistical spread in an ensemble of similary prepared systems.
These experimental data were used in combination with finite element solutions for all specimen geometries to determine a 'critical distance', a quantity or parameter determined from the stress distribution surrounding the notch in combination with fatigue limit stress data from unnotched specimens.
A projection is a potential future evolution of a quantity or set of quantities, often computed with the aid of a model.
Briefly, a QualitativeSpecies encodes a variable representing a quantity or activity associated with an entity (e.g., gene, protein, but also phenomenological entity such as external condition, cell size, etc).
Although it is impossible to quantify the effect, if you put in this effort now, you will be less likely to face the peer-review jury as an unknown quantity or as an object of suspicion.
She expands, "This seizure really stands out because when we seize bologna it is usually a small quantity or at most a roll or two".
Consider for example how Aristotle introduces the categories: "Of things said without any combination, each signifies either a substance or quantity or qualification or a relative or where or when or being-in-a-position or having or doing or being-affected" (1b25).
In this case, the stiffness of each supporting limb can be expressed as a scalar quantity or a diagonal matrix.
This paper presents an operational mechanism for determining whether a biophysical feature, quantity, or quality represents a final ecosystem service for an inclusive suite of beneficiaries.
Sometimes, however, the two are distinguished, with classifier denoting a particle without any particular meaning of its own, as in the example above, and measure word denoting a word for a particular quantity or measurement of something, such as "drop", "cupful", or "liter".
