Term Of The Day

[jscot]

Posted by: jscot Date: Friday, September 05, 2008 6:57:33 PM
In reply to: IR_Independent who wrote msg# 33 Post # of 117

Term of the Day:
quantify




Main Entry: quan·ti·fy

Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): quan·ti·fied; quan·ti·fy·ing
Etymology: Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus how much
Date: circa 1840
1 a (1): to limit by a quantifier (2): to bind by prefixing a quantifier b: to make explicit the logical quantity of
2: to determine, express, or measure the quantity of