quantifyv.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒntᵻfʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑn(t)əˌfaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quantificare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin quantificare to determine the quantity of, measure (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin quantus how great (see quantum n.) + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare earlier quantified adj.¹, and (with sense 2) quantification n. 1, quantified adj.² 1, and later quantifier n. 1.

rare before 19th cent.

1. transitive. To measure or determine the quantity of; to express as a quantity, or in quantitative terms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)]

bemetec893

meteOE

mensurec1429

gaugec1440

measure1456

to take a scantling of1585

fathom1611

admetiate1623

quantify1627

span1641

to take (also get) the measure of1650

mensurate1653

to take the gauge of1780

spoil1794

quantitate1900

pace1955

1627 P. Forbes Eubulus iv. 63 Colour, and Stature will not conclude, of the thing coloured, and quantified, that it is a man.

1798 F. Burney Let. 28 Dec. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) IV. 227 How kind you & Mr. B have been in your prescriptions for my Mate: but he has no courage to attack mercury, however qualified, or quantified.

1878 J. N. Lockyer Stargazing 152 The magnification..of space, which enables minute portions of it to be most accurately quantified.

1882 C. P. Smyth in Nature 5 Oct. 551/2 A meteorological spectroscope..may also..be able to quantify..the proportions of such aërial supply of water-gas.

1924 Nature 20 Dec. 895/1 The molecule becomes more reactive, and the rotational movements are no longer quantified.

1949 Times 27 Oct. 2/4 At the present stage it is not possible to quantify this item in terms of an annual saving to the Exchequer.

1981 Encounter Aug. 49/2 I am always very doubtful of the possibility of quantifying the amount of religious belief in different ages and societies.

2001 Hort. Week 26 July 15/1 This digital image can then be analysed to quantify how much of the sky is exposed.

2. transitive. Logic. Originally: to ascribe universal or particular quantity (see quantity n. 9) to (a term or proposition). Now usually: to act as a quantifier of (a variable, etc.); to apply a quantifier to (a variable). Also intransitive (frequently with over).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [verb (transitive)]

predicate1563

subject1628

quantify1847

predesignatea1856

1847 [see quantifying adj. and n. at Derivatives].

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 270 Let us..overtly quantify the subject..and say, All men are animals.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 127 They further maintain, that the Predicate is never quantified particularly in a Negative Judgment.

1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic (ed. 9) iii. 29 ‘Indefinite’ or ‘indesignate’ propositions, as they are called, i.e. propositions in which the subject, being a common term, is not quantified, are inadmissible in Logic.

1937 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 2 37 With this operator, one quantifies a free variable of a propositional expression only at the cost of multiplying by at least two the number of occurrences of all other free variables present.

1949 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 14 123 It is possibly to quantify over metasystems within proper systems.

1953 S. K. Langer Introd. Symbolic Logic (ed. 2) vii. 176 Note how the quantifier, which quantifies this whole expression, is set off from it by triple dots.

1965 Philos. Rev. 74 386 We speak of virtual classes of expressions because we do not need to quantify over these entities.

2004 Bull. Symbolic Logic 10 155 A definition is said to be impredicative if it quantifies over a totality to which the referent of the term defined will belong if the definition succeeds.

Derivatives

ˈquantifying adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > that measures

measuring1570

quantifying1847

1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 Logicians..have referred the quantifying predesignations plurimi, and the like, to the most opposite heads.

1894 F. W. O. Ward Confessions of Poet v. 225 He found no vestige there of brains With all his quantifying.

1912 A. D. Sheffield Gram. & Thinking vi. 103 Even if it does not betray one into irrelevant quantifying, it leaves untouched the real difficulties of language and thinking.

1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding iv. 85 An accusation that the section wasn't pulling its weight, a demand for exact quantifying of how much the..presentations had realized.

2005 Chron. Higher Educ. (Nexis) 22 Apr. 39 Amid all the quantifying, nobody involved in the process had time to ponder literary genius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quantify
释义	quantifyv. Brit. /ˈkwɒntᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈkwɑn(t)əˌfaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quantificare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin quantificare to determine the quantity of, measure (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin quantus how great (see quantum n.) + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare earlier quantified adj.¹, and (with sense 2) quantification n. 1, quantified adj.² 1, and later quantifier n. 1. rare before 19th cent. 1. transitive. To measure or determine the quantity of; to express as a quantity, or in quantitative terms. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measure [verb (transitive)] bemetec893 meteOE mensurec1429 gaugec1440 measure1456 to take a scantling of1585 fathom1611 admetiate1623 quantify1627 span1641 to take (also get) the measure of1650 mensurate1653 to take the gauge of1780 spoil1794 quantitate1900 pace1955 1627 P. Forbes Eubulus iv. 63 Colour, and Stature will not conclude, of the thing coloured, and quantified, that it is a man. 1798 F. Burney Let. 28 Dec. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) IV. 227 How kind you & Mr. B have been in your prescriptions for my Mate: but he has no courage to attack mercury, however qualified, or quantified. 1878 J. N. Lockyer Stargazing 152 The magnification..of space, which enables minute portions of it to be most accurately quantified. 1882 C. P. Smyth in Nature 5 Oct. 551/2 A meteorological spectroscope..may also..be able to quantify..the proportions of such aërial supply of water-gas. 1924 Nature 20 Dec. 895/1 The molecule becomes more reactive, and the rotational movements are no longer quantified. 1949 Times 27 Oct. 2/4 At the present stage it is not possible to quantify this item in terms of an annual saving to the Exchequer. 1981 Encounter Aug. 49/2 I am always very doubtful of the possibility of quantifying the amount of religious belief in different ages and societies. 2001 Hort. Week 26 July 15/1 This digital image can then be analysed to quantify how much of the sky is exposed. 2. transitive. Logic. Originally: to ascribe universal or particular quantity (see quantity n. 9) to (a term or proposition). Now usually: to act as a quantifier of (a variable, etc.); to apply a quantifier to (a variable). Also intransitive (frequently with over). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > term of a proposition > [verb (transitive)] predicate1563 subject1628 quantify1847 predesignatea1856 1847 [see quantifying adj. and n. at Derivatives]. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 270 Let us..overtly quantify the subject..and say, All men are animals. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic v. 127 They further maintain, that the Predicate is never quantified particularly in a Negative Judgment. 1887 T. Fowler Elem. Deduct. Logic (ed. 9) iii. 29 ‘Indefinite’ or ‘indesignate’ propositions, as they are called, i.e. propositions in which the subject, being a common term, is not quantified, are inadmissible in Logic. 1937 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 2 37 With this operator, one quantifies a free variable of a propositional expression only at the cost of multiplying by at least two the number of occurrences of all other free variables present. 1949 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 14 123 It is possibly to quantify over metasystems within proper systems. 1953 S. K. Langer Introd. Symbolic Logic (ed. 2) vii. 176 Note how the quantifier, which quantifies this whole expression, is set off from it by triple dots. 1965 Philos. Rev. 74 386 We speak of virtual classes of expressions because we do not need to quantify over these entities. 2004 Bull. Symbolic Logic 10 155 A definition is said to be impredicative if it quantifies over a totality to which the referent of the term defined will belong if the definition succeeds. Derivatives ˈquantifying adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > that measures measuring1570 quantifying1847 1847 W. Hamilton Let. to De Morgan 43 Logicians..have referred the quantifying predesignations plurimi, and the like, to the most opposite heads. 1894 F. W. O. Ward Confessions of Poet v. 225 He found no vestige there of brains With all his quantifying. 1912 A. D. Sheffield Gram. & Thinking vi. 103 Even if it does not betray one into irrelevant quantifying, it leaves untouched the real difficulties of language and thinking. 1988 M. Binchy Silver Wedding iv. 85 An accusation that the section wasn't pulling its weight, a demand for exact quantifying of how much the..presentations had realized. 2005 Chron. Higher Educ. (Nexis) 22 Apr. 39 Amid all the quantifying, nobody involved in the process had time to ponder literary genius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1627
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