quantity of data

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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us
/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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data
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.tə/us
/ˈdeɪ.t̬ə/
information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by ...
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(Definition ofquantityanddatafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As thequantityofdatabeing modelled decreased due to smaller spatial levels, fewer hidden nodes were required.
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Theoretically, there is no bound on the minimumquantityofdatathat needs to be stored in order to perform the estimation heuristically.
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We then compared the implied distributions over observables to determine if parameters and regimes could be distinguished, given an infinitequantityofdata.
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In any case, since relatively few studies used either of these two methods, thequantityofdataavailable for analysis is much reduced.
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Thequantityofdatalost due to mispronunciation was about 12 words per speaker (or 5% of all word list data).
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It addressed both the need forquantityofdataand the concern about having a balance of texts which would give a representative spread of lexis.
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Clearly, with so many sites, thequantityofdatanow available is large.
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The most important aspect with regard to this data is thequantityofdata.
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It reduces the time required to send a givenquantityofdataover a limited bandwidth.
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In this domain model elements exchange synchronously a fixedquantityofdataelements, so called particles.
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These assumptions are sometimes testable if a sufficientquantityofdatais available.
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This will add to the immensequantityofdata, the handling of which is an immense problem facing all countries using this type of remote sensing information.
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It is generally thought amongst safety experts that it is not thequantityofdatathat is important, but the quality of the reporting and analysis.
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For its part, the reporting system on which this new proposal for a directive is based has greater potential in terms of thequantityofdatait can provide.
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These technologies are still emerging and many face problems that the larger thequantityofdataproduced, the lower the quality.
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This excess backbone capacity exists in spite of the trend of increasing per-user data rates and overallquantityofdata.
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As the problem of information overload has grown, and as thequantityofdatahas increased, so has interest in automatic summarization.
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The purpose is to reduce the sheerquantityofdatadown to a manageable set of values so that learning can be performed within a reasonable time-frame.
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Even when a very smallquantityofdatais referenced (one number, for example) the phrase "piece of data" is often used, as opposed to "datum".
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