What is a general name for things that are being measured?

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Kilometere is a distance measurement unit.

Kilogram is a weight measurement unit.

The Gini index is measuring inequality.

distance, weight and inequality are all ... ?

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Source:OED

Quantity, n.

I. An amount, a portion.

a. A specified or definite amount of an article or commodity; a (large, small, etc.) portion or measure; also without of-adjunct. Also (occas.): an amount of something immaterial.

What is a general name for things that are being measured?

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