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quantification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkwɔn.təˌfɪˈkæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
  • (Texas, US) audio
  • /ˌkwɒn.tɪˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
  • [ˌkwɑn.ɾəˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən] (Canada, US)
  • /ˌkwɑn.təˌfɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Coined by Scottish philosopher Sir William Hamilton: "quantification of the predicate".

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of quantifying.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The expression of an economic activity in monetary units.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition.

Forms

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Deriveds

requantification · quantificational · histoquantification · immunoquantification · overquantification · bioquantification · misquantification · semiquantification

Synonyms

quantitation

Translations (6)

da kvantificering (act) · mk уколичување (act) · fi kvantifiointi (act) · fi kvantifioiminen (act) · mk квантификација (act) · cs kvantifikace (act)