Meaning of hidden quantity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The pronunciation (long or short) of a vowel that appears before two consonants.
   Latin, countable, uncountable
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hidden, quantity.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“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;”

“The reality of the "hidden quantity" in these participial forms is completely borne out by three independent testimonies: inscriptions with the long vowel marked by the apex ; the development of the relevant forms in the Romance languages; and the explicit discussion by Aulus Gellius Noct. att. 9.6.”

“This kind of detective work⟳ has produced a number⟳ of rules governing hidden quantity which are given in simplified and abbreviated form⟳ below:”

“This is consistent with the fact that an observation requires a measurement and, therefore, between observations, the unobservable ψ evolves in an unobservable way (according to Schrödinger's equation). In connection with this important remark⟳, Bell [142] could state that the fact that a so-called hidden quantity “rather than ψ, is historically called a hidden variable, is a piece of historical silliness.””

“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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