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quantifiable

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quan⋅ti⋅fy

  [kwon-tuh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
2. Logic. to make explicit the quantity of (a proposition).
3. to give quantity to (something regarded as having only quality).
Origin:
1830–40; < ML quantificāre, equiv. to L quant(us) how much + -ificāre -ify

Related forms:
quan⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
quan⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅bly, adverb
quan⋅ti⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
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quan·ti·fy   (kwŏn'tə-fī')   
tr.v.   quan·ti·fied, quan·ti·fy·ing, quan·ti·fies

  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.
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Word Origin & History

quantify 
c.1840, as a term in logic, from M.L. quantificare, from L. quantus "how much" + facere "to make" (see factitious). Lit. sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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