quantify

To assign a quantity to.

Verb

  1. To assign a quantity to.
  2. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
    • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds. - 2012 January 5, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in...
    • Once more significant differences were observed for CTR w/o LIF. (E)- Protein levels for Hexokinase I and II, GAPDH and PKM1/2 were determined by western Blot and quantified by densiometric evaluation. - 2015 July 6,...
    • The most common model contains two core affect dimensions: arousal, which quantifies the intensity of the response, and valence, which quantifies the aversiveness of the situation—ranging from a very positive...
  3. To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).
    • The statement (#92;forallx#92;in#92;mathbb#123;R#125;)#92;,2x#61;x#43;x quantifies over the real numbers.

Origin

From Medieval Latin quantifico (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic).

Forms

quantifies quantifying quantified

Synonyms

quantitate admeasure bemete benchmark enumerate measure mete numericalize quantify

Antonyms

assume guess mismeasure

Hypernyms

determine

Hyponyms

calibrate chain dial fathom fluoroscope gauge girt mensurate overmeasure parallax photometer premeasure remeasure requantify titer undermeasure walk off weigh

Related

estimate eyeball operationalize classify measuring device

Derived

misquantify overquantify quantifiability quantifiable requantify semiquantify