quantification

English Thesaurus

1. the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something (noun.act)

hypernym	:	measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration,
definition	:	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule (noun.act)

hyponym	:	gradation, graduation,
definition	:	the act of arranging in grades (noun.act)

2. a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	limitation, restriction,
definition	:	a principle that limits the extent of something (noun.cognition)

part meronym	:	functional calculus, predicate calculus,
definition	:	a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions) (noun.cognition)

3. the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	measure, quantify,
definition	:	express as a number or measure or quantity (verb.change)

4. a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	quantify,
definition	:	use as a quantifier (verb.change)

5. the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	measure, quantify,
definition	:	express as a number or measure or quantity (verb.change)

6. a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	quantify,
definition	:	use as a quantifier (verb.change)