Meaning & use

Quantification

noun·Academic

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The act or process of expressing or measuring something in numerical terms.

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The report relied heavily on the quantification of customer satisfaction through survey scores.

Scientists work on the quantification of greenhouse gas emissions to track climate change.

A note on using this word

Widely used in science, economics, and logic; in formal logic, 'quantification' also refers to the use of quantifiers like 'all' and 'some.'

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2. noun

In logic, the application of a quantifier to a variable in a statement.

The quantification of the sentence turns it into a universally true statement.

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