Quantification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quantification \Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion\, 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.                   --De Quincey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "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