quantification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
  2. noun the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

Etymology

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

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