Sentence examples for the idea of a quantity from inspiring English sources
It appeals to the idea of a quantity, which is possessed by objects, and which may be possessed by different objects in turn, but which is always possessed by some object.
Nevertheless, he defines the concept of a "lump of matter [materie massa]" without giving it any autonomous reality, although it does help fill out the idea of a 'quantity of matter', which Giles of Rome had already distinguished from simple extension.
The idea of a circular economy, in which a fixed quantity of material is repeatedly recycled, is a compelling one.
According to Hobson (1907, p. 22), "the term 'arithmetization' is used to denote the movement which has resulted in placing analysis on a basis free from the idea of measurable quantity, the fractional, negative, and irrational numbers being so defined that they depend ultimately upon the conception of integral number".
Newton's laws of motion and of gravitation and Coulomb's law for the forces between charged particles lead to the idea of energy as a quantity that is conserved in a wide range of phenomena (see below Conservation laws and extremal principles).
The idea of "spare time," a quantity most of us lust after continuously, is for her an alien concept.
A generation later, the idea of quality over quantity still hasn't caught on.
The idea of quality versus quantity of time doesn't quite satisfy you or your kids because you can't plan when you are actually needed.
The idea of transporting large quantities of food to a large warehouse, which thousands of people then drive to to collect is disturbing.
In a modern globalised world, the idea of transporting large quantities of avian dung thousands of miles in wooden sailing boats to grow turnips seems less incongruous.
