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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of attaching quantity to anything: as, the quantification of the predicate.
  • noun The act of determining the quantity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the act of quantifying
  • noun economics the expression of an economic activity in monetary units
  • noun logic a limitation that is imposed on the variables of a proposition

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
  • noun the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

Etymologies

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

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Examples

  • But the scientific quest for quantification is important to those funding it – those filthy rich AI-Guys who have so long dreamed of conscious machines and artificial immortality (uploaded minds).

    Continuation… 2008

  • In entertainment, across the board, the issue is the ultimate in quantification — what sort of movies, games, programs, and music will appeal to the most people and bring in the most dollars, regardless of how crude, rude, and culturally repugnant they may be to tens of millions of Americans.

    Quantifying the Unquantifiable « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

  • In entertainment, across the board, the issue is the ultimate in quantification — what sort of movies, games, programs, and music will appeal to the most people and bring in the most dollars, regardless of how crude, rude, and culturally repugnant they may be to tens of millions of Americans.

    April « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007

  • Under the premise of a word quantification procedure, participants were asked to forward all instant message (IM) chats between themselves and their partners.

    WordPress.com Top Blogs 2009

  • The definition illustrates how Leśniewski formulated the idea of quantification in his early semi-prose work: instead of “for some x” he says

    Stanisław Leśniewski Simons, Peter 2007

  • There are a substantial number of issues here namely quantification of types,and the measurement quality issues due to ambiguous signatures.

    IPCC and Glaciers « Climate Audit 2006

  • If we were to mature enough as a species to embrace the scientific "quantification" of the power of the universe as at least one way to begin to approach the definition of "G_d" we would realize that no religion can, with any integrity, manipulate such a definition to its own dogma and practices.

    Richard Greene: Albert Einstein And The Scientific Proof Of 'God' Richard Greene 2011

  • If we were to mature enough as a species to embrace the scientific "quantification" of the power of the universe as at least one way to begin to approach the definition of "G_d" we would realize that no religion can, with any integrity, manipulate such a definition to its own dogma and practices.

    Richard Greene: Albert Einstein And The Scientific Proof Of 'God' Richard Greene 2011

  • If we were to mature enough as a species to embrace the scientific "quantification" of the power of the universe as at least one way to begin to approach the definition of "G_d" we would realize that no religion can, with any integrity, manipulate such a definition to its own dogma and practices.

    Richard Greene: Albert Einstein and The Scientific Proof of "G_d" Richard Greene 2010

  • If we were to mature enough as a species to embrace the scientific "quantification" of the power of the universe as at least one way to begin to approach the definition of "G_d" we would realize that no religion can, with any integrity, manipulate such a definition to its own dogma and practices.

    Richard Greene: Albert Einstein and The Scientific Proof of "G_d" Richard Greene 2010

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