quantify
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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin quantificare (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒn.tɪˌfaɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkwɑn.təˌfaɪ/,
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔn.tɪˌfɑɪ/
Verb
quantify (third-person singular simple present quantifies, present participle quantifying, simple past and past participle quantified)
- To assign a quantity to.
- To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
- 2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 3 October 2013, page 31:
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
- (logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).
- The statement quantifies over the real numbers.
Synonyms
- (measure the quantity of): quantitate
Translations
to assign a quantity to
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