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f, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder. [Scot.]

ive power. Emerson. Plus sign (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity.

icity; -- opposed to Ant: negative pole. (b) (Magnetism) The north pole. [R.] -- Positive quantity (Alg.), an affirmative quantity, or one affected by the sign plus [+]. -- Positive rotation (Mech.), left-handed rotation. -- Positive sign (Math.), the sign [+] denoting plus, or more, or addition.

The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." De Foe.

A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o. [Colloq.] Richardson.

A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate.

That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part. Give him always of the prime. Swift.

n geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.

Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder. "Prodigious might." Milton.

The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under M…

le of being prolonged; as, life is prolongable by care. Each syllable being a prolongable quantity. Rush.

relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. Sir W. Scott.…

the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. Proportional logarithms, logistic logarithms. See under Logistic. -- Proportional scale, a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale. -- Propor…

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

Drawn out; extended. [R.] Time is a protensive quantity. Sir W. Hamilton.

A quantity of rope-yarn, or the like, placed, as a fender, on the bow of a boat.

A small quantity of dirty standing water; a muddy plash; a small pool. Spenser.

of the second degree; as, a quadratic equation, in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a square.

vision or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.