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quan·ti·fy

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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

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—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 Audio Help (kwŏn'tə-fī') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. quan·ti·fied, quan·ti·fy·ing, quan·ti·fies

To determine or express the quantity of.
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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quantification
noun
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