Meaning of QUANTIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kwântifi'keyshun
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- [n] the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
- [n] a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
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| | See Also: | | functional calculus, gradation, graduation, limitation, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, predicate calculus, restriction | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See {Quantity}.]
Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of
the element of quantity.
The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to
Sir William Hamilton; viz., in its extension to
negative propositions. --De Quincey.
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