quantify

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quantificare (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑːn.tə.faɪ/

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Verb

quantify (third-person singular simple present quantifies, present participle quantifying, simple past and past participle quantified)

1. To assign a quantity to.
2. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
   • 2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, 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.

3. (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 $(\forall x\in \mathbb {R} )\,2x=x+x$ quantifies over the real numbers.

Synonyms

• (measure the quantity of): quantitate

Translations

to assign a quantity to

• Bulgarian: определям количествено (opredeljam količestveno)
• Catalan: quantificar (ca)
• Czech: kvantifikovat
• Danish: kvantificere, gøre målbar
• Finnish: määrittää (fi), kvantifioida
• French: quantifier (fr)
• German: quantifizieren (de)
• Hungarian: számszerűsít (hu), kvantifikál, mennyiségileg/számszerűen meghatároz
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• Italian: quantificare (it)
• Macedonian: ме́ри (méri), квантифи́кува (kvantifíkuva)
• Portuguese: quantificar (pt)
• Romanian: cuantifica (ro)
• Spanish: cuantificar (es), cifrar (es)
• Swedish: kvantifiera (sv)