1. The act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
   "The quantification of pollution levels in the river was crucial for environmental assessment"
    
2. A limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers 'some' or 'all' or 'no')
   "The philosopher used quantification to clarify the scope of his argument"

Derived forms: quantifications

Type of: constraint, limitation, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, restriction

Part of: functional calculus, predicate calculus

Encyclopedia: Quantification