Meaning & use
Quantification
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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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