Quantity vs. Trace — What's the Difference?

Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more", "less", or "equal", or by assigning a numerical value in terms of a unit of measurement.

Find or discover by investigation

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement

Copy (a drawing, map, or design) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of transparent paper

The perceived length of a vowel sound or syllable.

A mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something

A value or component that may be expressed in numbers.

A very small quantity, especially one too small to be accurately measured

A specified or indefinite number or amount

A procedure to investigate the source of something, such as the place from which a telephone call was made

A considerable amount or number

A line which represents the projection of a curve or surface on a plane or the intersection of a curve or surface with a plane.

An exact amount or number

A path or track.

The measurable or countable property or aspect of things

The sum of the elements in the principal diagonal of a square matrix.

(Mathematics) Something that serves as the object of an operation.

Each of the two side straps, chains, or ropes by which a horse is attached to a vehicle that it is pulling.

(Linguistics) The relative amount of time needed to pronounce a vowel, consonant, or syllable.

A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.

The duration of a syllable in quantitative verse.

Evidence or an indication of the former presence or existence of something; a vestige

(Logic) The exact character of a proposition in reference to its universality, singularity, or particularity.

An extremely small amount or barely perceivable indication

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

A constituent, such as a chemical compound or element, present in quantities less than a standard limit.

An indefinite amount of something.

A path or trail that has been beaten out by the passage of animals or people.

A specific measured amount.

An act of researching or ascertaining the origin or location of something

A considerable measure or amount.

A line drawn by a recording instrument, such as a cardiograph.

(metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.

The point at which a line, or the curve in which a surface, intersects a coordinate plane.

(mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.

The sum of the elements of the principal diagonal of a matrix.

(phonology) Length of sounds.

An engram.

The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much?"; measure in regard to bulk or amount; determinate or comparative dimensions; measure; amount; bulk; extent; size.

One of two side straps or chains connecting a harnessed draft animal to a vehicle or whiffletree.

That which can be increased, diminished, or measured; especially (Math.), anything to which mathematical processes are applicable.

A bar or rod, hinged at either end to another part, that transfers movement from one part of a machine to another.

A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities.

To go along or follow (a path, for example)

How much there is of something that you can quantify

To follow the course or trail of

An adequate or large amount;

To ascertain the successive stages in the development or progress of

Something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

To discover or determine by searching or researching evidence

To locate or ascertain the origin of

To draw (a line or figure); sketch; delineate.

To form (letters) with special concentration or care.

To copy by following lines seen through a sheet of transparent paper.

To follow closely (a prescribed pattern)

To imprint (a design) by pressure with an instrument on a superimposed pattern.

To make a design or series of markings on (a surface) by such pressure on a pattern.

To record (a variable), as on a graph.

To make one's way along a trail or course

To have origins; be traceable

Occurring in extremely small amounts or in quantities less than a standard limit.

An act of tracing.

An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.

A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.

A residue of some substance or material.

A very small amount.

(electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.

An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

(engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

(fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.

(geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

(mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.

(grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.

(transitive) To follow the trail of.

To follow the history of.

(transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.

(transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.

To copy; to imitate.

To walk; to go; to travel.

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.

A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, esp. from one plane to another; specif., such a piece in an organ-stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.

A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace.

A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; - hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige.

The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.

The ground plan of a work or works.

To mark out; to draw or delineate with marks; especially, to copy, as a drawing or engraving, by following the lines and marking them on a sheet superimposed, through which they appear; as, to trace a figure or an outline; a traced drawing.

To follow by some mark that has been left by a person or thing which has preceded; to follow by footsteps, tracks, or tokens.

Hence, to follow the trace or track of.

To copy; to imitate.

To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.

To walk; to go; to travel.

A just detectable amount;

An indication that something has been present;

A suggestion of some quality;

Drawing created by tracing

Either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

A visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something;

Make a mark or lines on a surface;

To go back over again;

Pursue or chase relentlessly;

Discover traces of;

Make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along;

Copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of;

Read with difficulty;