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indefinite quantity ThesaurusNoun | 1. | indefinite quantity - an estimated quantityquantity, measure, amount - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantifygain, increase, addition - a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"bag - the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); "his bag included two deer"breakage - the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"capacity - (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive; "the capacity of a hard disk drive is usually expressed in megabytes"catch, haul - the quantity that was caught; "the catch was only 10 fish"fudge factor, correction - a quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measurecontainerful - the quantity that a container will holdpace, step, stride, footstep - the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"headspace - the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealinglarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudelimitation, limit - the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"limit point, point of accumulation, limit - the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinityoutput, yield, production - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"neighborhood, region - the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100"outage - the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportationreserve - (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functionsrun - the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint"small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitudespillage - the amount that has spilledspoilage - the amount that has spoiledtankage - the quantity contained in (or the capacity of) a tank or tanksullage - the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being fulltop-up - an amount needed to restore something to its former levelworth - an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"skinful - a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful"dosage, dose - the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one timeload - an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"load, loading - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"precipitation - the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time; "the storm brought several inches of precipitation"supply - an amount of something available for use | AcronymsSeeIDQindefinite quantity Related to indefinite quantity: small indefinite quantityWords related to indefinite quantitynoun an estimated quantityRelated Words- quantity
- measure
- amount
- gain
- increase
- addition
- bag
- breakage
- capacity
- catch
- haul
- fudge factor
- correction
- containerful
- pace
- step
- stride
- footstep
- headspace
- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
- limitation
- limit
- limit point
- point of accumulation
- output
- yield
- production
- neighborhood
- region
- outage
- reserve
- run
- small indefinite amount
- small indefinite quantity
- spillage
- spoilage
- tankage
- ullage
- top-up
- worth
- skinful
- dosage
- dose
- load
- loading
- precipitation
- supply
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