the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
Analysis that determines the proportionate part of elements in a compound, or the percentage of components of a mixture
Quantification is a way to talk about objects without being specific about the identity of the objects involved There are two kinds of quantification: existential and universal Each quantification uses one quantifier and one variable For details on quantification, click here
If you try to quantify something, you try to calculate how much of it there is. It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses. + quantification quan·ti·fi·ca·tion Others are more susceptible to attempts at quantification. to calculate the value of something and express it as a number or an amount (quantificare, from quantus; QUANTITY)