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quanto

Definitions of quanto
  1. noun
    how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
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    paleolitico
    second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
    medioevo
    the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    rinascimento
    the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
    ricostruzione
    the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
    types:
    accidentalità, casualità, probabilità
    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
    sistema, sistema di misura
    a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
    volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
    unità di tempo
    a unit for measuring time periods
    intervallo
    a definite length of time marked off by two instants
    temperatura
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
    massa
    the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
    lunghezza, metraggio, metratura
    the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
    criterio, metro, misura, paragone, parametro, prassi, regola
    a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
    sufficienza
    an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
    cifra, numero, rango
    a concept of quantity involving zero and units
    risma
    a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
    unità di misura
    any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
    niente, nulla
    a quantity of no importance
    aggiunta, ampliamento, giunta
    a quantity that is added
    dosaggio, dose
    the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
    carico
    a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
    erogazione, fornitura, rifornimento
    an amount of something available for use
    capacità, capienza
    the amount that can be contained
    periodo, tempo
    an amount of time
    giorno, ventiquattrore
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
    notte
    the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
    decorrenza, scadenza
    the point in time at which something must be completed
    mese
    a time unit of approximately 30 days
    ora
    a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
    mezz'ora
    a half of an hour
    quarto d'ora
    a quarter of an hour
    minuto, minuto primo, primo
    a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
    quarto
    a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
    minuto secondo, secondo
    1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
    nanosecondo
    one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a microsecond
    attimo, istante, minuto, momento, punto, secondo
    a particular point in time
    set
    a unit of play in tennis or squash
    alba, albore, albori, aurora, barlume, esordio, fonte, inizio, nascita, natale, origine, prima fase, primo periodo, primordio, principio
    the time at which something is supposed to begin
    break, intermezzo, intervallo, pausa, sospensione, stacco
    a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
    interim
    the time between one event, process, or period and another
    ciclo
    an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
    carro
    the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
    type of:
    astrazione
    a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
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