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English

Etymology

Coined by Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton: "quantification of the predicate".

Noun

quantification (countable and uncountable, plural quantifications)

1. The act of quantifying.
2. (economics) The expression of an economic activity in monetary units.
3. (logic) A limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition.

Synonyms

• quantitation

Translations

French

Etymology

From English quantification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ti.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

quantification f (plural quantifications)

1. quantification

Further reading

• “quantification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

quantify +? -er

Noun

quantifier (plural quantifiers)

1. (grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
2. (logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ?) or the existential quantifier (?), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
3. (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Hypernyms

• (grammar): determiner

Derived terms

• existential quantifier
• quantifier elimination
• universal quantifier

Related terms

• quantification
• quantify

Translations

French

Etymology

From English quantify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ti.fje/

Verb

quantifier

1. to quantify

Conjugation

Further reading

• “quantifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).