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RELATIVE QUANTITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity relative to some purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("relative quantity" is a kind of...):
amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relative quantity"):
enough; sufficiency (an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose)
N; normality ((of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter)
absolute majority; majority ((elections) more than half of the votes)
plurality; relative majority ((in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes))
aught; cipher; cypher; goose egg; nada; naught; nil; nix; nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo (a quantity of no importance)
