quantification

The act of quantifying.

Noun

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

Origin

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

Forms

quantifications

Synonyms

quantitation

Derived

bioquantification histoquantification immunoquantification misquantification overquantification quantificational requantification semiquantification