hidden quantity

Definitions

1. 1

   The pronunciation (long or short) of a vowel that appears before two consonants.

   • The part which deals with Sounds, Inflection, and Word-Formation was written by the junior author, who is also mainly responsible for matters of orthography, hidden quantity, etc., throughout the book;
   • This kind of detective work has produced a number of rules governing hidden quantity which are given in simplified and abbreviated form below:
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hidden, quantity.

   • The knowledge of all that we have mentioned will be realized after we have completed the means to know the hidden quantity. Indeed, if we know its quantity, we shall know to which species the number belongs;

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