amount
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain amount as a general quantitative attribute, relay how amounts are measured, compared and expressed from reference sources, describe related notions such as sign and threshold quantities, and distinguish amount from number, from specific physical quantities and from monetary sums.
The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion, in the WordNet sense of quantity as a property, covering how much or how many of something there is, with aliases such as positivity and negativity for the sign of a magnitude and critical mass for a threshold quantity; amount is measured with units and numbers and is distinguished from the things being measured and from qualitative attributes.
What it is for: Expressing how much or how many.
It can be explain the concept; relay measurement and comparison; describe related notions; distinguish related terms.
Distinguishing features
Relative magnitude
Measured or counted
Sign and threshold notions
General attribute
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a magnitude.
How it is recognised
Magnitude relative to a criterion
Quantity, positivity, negativity, critical mass
Number is the abstract count; physical quantities are specific amounts; a sum is money
Related models
is a kind of - in general terms
is expressed with - and numbers
is contrasted with - a non-quantitative attribute
is exemplified by - as a threshold amount
In practice
Families and kinds
countable amounts
measurable amounts with units
signed amounts as positive or negative
threshold amounts such as critical mass
amounts in everyday and technical language
Identifiers
WordNet oewn-05097645-n the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
Standards and regulation
SI and metrology conventions for expressing quantities
No regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing amount with number or with specific quantities
Mass-count confusion in language
Registry aliases mixing sign and threshold concepts
Analytical facets
- substance
- abstract
- origin
- conceptual
- agency
- inert
- mobility
- not-applicable
- scale
- not-applicable
- affordances
- observable
Also called
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Where this came from
oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What amount is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is amount as a relative magnitude, and how does it differ from number, physical quantity and sum? definition
- Is the question about the general concept, a specific quantity, sign or a threshold? boundary
Related
Related notions.
Related
Related.
- What do positivity, negativity and critical mass mean as amounts? definition
- Which entry fits the specific notion? action
Measure Measuring and comparing.
Practice.
Measurement
Measurement.
Measurement
Measurement.
- How are amounts measured, counted and expressed with units? measurement
- Which references are standard? provenance
Comparison
Comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How are amounts compared, scaled and aggregated? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Language Language and logic.
Sources.
Grammar
Mass and count.
Grammar
Grammar.
- How do languages express amount through mass and count nouns and quantifiers? provenance
- Which entry fits quantifier? action
Philosophy
Philosophy of quantity.
Philosophy
Philosophy.
- How do philosophers and measurement theorists conceive quantity? provenance
- Which entry fits measurement theory? action
Context Applications.
Context.
Science
Science.
Science
Science.
- How is amount of substance defined as a base quantity, and what is critical mass in physics? provenance
- Which entry fits amount of substance? action
Everyday
Everyday use.
Everyday
Everyday.
- How are amounts used in cooking, commerce and statistics? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific use? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should quantity and critical mass be separate primary entries?
- How should metrology sources be linked?
- How should WordNet attribute senses be represented in the registry?