noun
Meaning 1
The act of quantifying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quantification
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌkwɒn.tɪˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, US: /ˌkwɑn.təˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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Canada, US: [ˌkwɑn.ɾəˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən]
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Australian: /ˌkwɔn.təˌfɪˈkæɪ.ʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
The expression of an economic activity in monetary units.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
A limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
Narrower terms: gradation, graduation
noun
Meaning 5
a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restriction, limitation
History
Etymology
Coined by Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton: "quantification of the predicate".
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: kvantifikace — act
- Danish: kvantificering — act
- Finnish: kvantifiointi — act
- Finnish: kvantifioiminen — act
- Macedonian: уколичување (ukoličuvanje) — act
- Macedonian: квантификација (kvantifikacija) — act