quantification

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun quantification has 2 senses

quantification(n = noun.cognition) Array - a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no'); Array

is a kind of

limitation

restriction

is a part of functional calculus, predicate calculus

Derived form verb quantify₁

quantification(n = noun.act) Array - the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something; Array

has particulars: gradation, graduation

Derived form verb quantify₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

quantification, n. [See Quantity.].

Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity. [1913 Webster]

"The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William Hamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions." [1913 Webster]

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THESAURUS

quantification

accounting, appraisal, appraisement, approximation, assessment, assize, assizement, calculation, census, computation, correction, counting, dactylonomy, determination, enumeration, estimate, estimation, evaluation, foliation, gauging, instrumentation, inventorying, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, metric system, numbering, numeration, pagination, quantization, rating, survey, surveying, tallying, telemetering, telemetry, telling, triangulation, valuation