Crossword clues for quantify
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quantify \Quan"ti*fy\, v. t. [L. quantus now much + -fy.]
To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to determine, fix or express the quantity of; to rate.
(Logic) To make explicit the quantity of; as, to quantify a variable.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1840, from Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus "as much," correlative pronomial adjective (see quantity) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Literal sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878. Related: Quantified; quantifying.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To assign a quantity to. 2 To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
WordNet
v. use as a quantifier
express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" [syn: measure]
[also: quantified]
Wikipedia
Quantify may refer to:
- Quantification (science), the act or process of quantifying
- in computing: IBM Rational Quantify, a profiling software, part of IBM Rational Purify
Quantify may refer to the measurement of quantity.
Usage examples of "quantify".
You and DEUS rose to such heights of sophistication with your game theory, minimax, quantified decisional space, that no notice was taken of the little pocket mirrors children play with, catching the sunlight.
They quantified this by studying the physiology of monozygotic twins and comparing it to the general population.
According to Bohm what we call empty space is the gravitational field, a huge background of energy where matter is a small quantified wavelike excitation on top of this background like a ripple on an ocean.
The complexity is quantified by a number called the dimension of the strange attractor, which is a natural generalization of the ordinary concept of dimension.
Unquantified, it admits only of a general description: quantified, it must mean a group of conditions equal to the effect in mass and energy, the essence of the physical world.
He had gained on his enemy by one full ring, in this crazy system of quantified orbits.
Human psi ability was a strictly scientific field these days, quantified and researched.
We can choose from ten sensitivity ranges, using the same instrument to detect a minor leak or to quantify a major one.
According to Bohm what we call empty space is the gravitational field, a huge background of energy where matter is a small quantified wavelike excitation on top of this background like a ripple on an ocean.
A fanciful mind might imagine that I was somehow robbing the library of its power by reclassifying these tomes in such a manner, that by quantifying them I am reducing the spell they cast.
It was simply that he had so much of everything, there was a fascination in quantifying it.
To achieve more precise control over the response and quantify it, the researchers immobilized the slug by pinning it to a stage and standardizing the tactile stimulus by using a jet of water delivered with a water-pick.
Trying to quantify or contextualize the value of any given motion picture, attempting to link movies to what is happening in the world outside those dark, still rooms where something other than an immediate compositional punch, however stylish and not boring should be the sought chalice, becomes an exercise in profound and introspective musing.
As Moudi watched, the army medics went in to draw blood samples from the subjects, which would be necessary to confirm and then to quantify the degree of their infection.
Without an actual criminal code, it is hard to quantify the damage done in financial terms, as with robbery, arson or even murder.