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noun
- 1. the expression or measurement of the quantity of something: "the quantification of damages is difficult"
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QUANTIFICATION definition: 1. the act of measuring or judging the size or amount of something: 2. the act of measuring or…. Learn more.
noun. quan· ti· fi· ca· tion ˌkwän-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən. : the operation of quantifying. quantificational. ˌkwän-tə-fə-ˈkā-sh (ə-)nəl. adjective. quantificationally adverb. Examples of quantification in a Sentence.
In mathematics and empirical science, quantification (or quantitation) is the act of counting and measuring that maps human sense observations and experiences into quantities. Quantification in this sense is fundamental to the scientific method .
Quantification is a cornerstone concept in formal logic, acting as a bridge between language and mathematics. It allows us to specify the quantity of subjects we are discussing within propositions. But what exactly are propositions, and why is quantification so important?
QUANTIFY definition: 1. to measure or judge the size or amount of something: 2. to measure or judge the size or amount…. Learn more.
1. To determine or express the quantity of. 2. Logic To limit the variables of (a proposition) by prefixing an operator such as all or some. [Medieval Latin quantificāre : Latin quantus, how great; see quantity + Latin -ficāre, -fy .] quan′ti·fi′a·ble adj. quan′ti·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
Definition of quantification noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a (1) : to limit by a quantifier. (2) : to bind by prefixing a quantifier. b. : to make explicit the logical quantity of. 2. : to determine, express, or measure the quantity of. Examples of quantify in a Sentence. It is difficult to quantify intelligence. Doctors have quantified the risks of smoking cigarettes.
Quantification, in logic, the attachment of signs of quantity to the predicate or subject of a proposition. The universal quantifier, symbolized by (∀-) or (-), where the blank is filled by a variable, is used to express that the formula following holds for all values of the particular variable.
Definitions of quantification. noun. the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something. see more. noun. a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') see more.
