[f. L. quantus how much, on anal. of quadruplicity, etc.] The relative magnitude of a quantity.
1836. De Morgan, Diff. & Int. Calc., Introd. 17. The proportions of figures … depend … upon what Euclid terms the ratio … which he says is (if we may coin such an English word) the number-of-times-ness or quantuplicity of one quantity, considered with respect to another.
