kolichestvo
Kolichestvo (количество) is a Russian noun meaning quantity or amount. It denotes the extent, size, or magnitude of something that can be measured or counted. In everyday language it answers questions like “how much?” or “how many?” and is used with nouns that denote substances, objects, or phenomena, for example: kolichestvo vody v butylke (the amount of water in the bottle) or kolichestvo lyudey na sobranii (the number of people at the meeting).
In mathematical and scientific contexts, kolichestvo refers to a measurable property that can be assigned a
In physics the precise term for a measurable property is often velichina (physical quantity). The phrase kolichestvo
See also: quantity, amount, magnitude, measurement, fizičeskaya velichina, quantitative data.