量，是作为幅度和重复次数出现的一种属性。它和品质、实质、变化、关系一样是事物的一种基本类别。数量的概念始于份额，也就是可以带有数量的实体。作为一个基本的词汇，数量被用于指代事物的任何量化的属性或特征。有些量由其本质决定（譬如，数），而另外一些是作为对状态的描述（属性，尺寸，特征），譬如重和轻，长和短，宽和窄，大和小，多和少。

量的两个基本分类，幅度和重次（或者数字），蕴涵了连续和离散的重大区别。

属于重次的量是离散的，可以分解成不可再分的单位，譬如集合名词：军队，舰队，羊群，政府，公司，聚会，人群，合唱团，数。属于幅度的是连续的，可以一直分解下去，包括所有非集合名词：宇宙，物质，能量，液体，材料。

Quantity is a property that can exist as a magnitude or multitude. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more," "less," or "equal," or by assigning a numerical value in terms of a unit of measurement. Quantity is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation. Some quantities are such by their inner nature (as number), while others are functioning as states (properties, dimensions, attributes) of things such as heavy and light, long and short, broad and narrow, small and great, or much and little. A small quantity is sometimes referred to as a quantulum.