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Relative quantity   /rˈɛlətɪv kwˈɑntəti/   Listen
Relative quantity

noun
1.
A quantity relative to some purpose.






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"Relative quantity" Quotes from Famous Books



... useless embankment, instead of to pay riband or button makers for making useless ribands or buttons; we cannot lose it (unless by actually destroying it) without giving employment of some kind; and, therefore, whatever quantity of money exists, the relative quantity of employment must some day come out of it; but the distress of the nation signifies that the employments given have produced nothing that will support its existence. Men cannot live on ribands, or buttons, or velvet, or by going ...
— The Queen of the Air • John Ruskin

... easy to estimate the relative quantity of blame which ought justly to attach to all who are implicated. Each will endeavour to convince himself that his own share is light, and that the weight of the burden should fall on the shoulders of some one else. Meanwhile, there ...
— Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia • William John Wills

... by treatment of oleic or linoleic acid with nitrous acid, which therefore is of some value in the examination of drying oils. Of general application are the methods which correspond to the chemical constitution of fats, and thus determine the relative quantity of the components; advantage can then be derived from qualitative reactions, inasmuch as they further affirm the result of the quantitative test, or dispel any doubt with regard to the correctness of the result. The principal ...
— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 • Various



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