Quantification

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:25:11

Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Quantity.]

Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity.

The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William Hamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions. De Quincey.

 

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