quantification
noun
quan·ti·fi·ca·tion
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Definition of quantification
: the operation of quantifying
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Other Words from quantification
quantificational
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adjective
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adjective
quantificationally
adverb
Examples of quantification in a Sentence
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System Shock 2 has an unstoppable cyborg protagonist and a role-playing game’s love of quantification. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "System Shock 2 helped define survival horror — but it’s still in a league of its own," 11 Aug. 2019 That Americans young and old remain intrigued by the saga of one Orenthal James Simpson is a point largely beyond argument, but the numbers provide some helpful quantification nonetheless. — Graham Hillard, National Review, "O. J. Simpson Joins Twitter," 28 June 2019 Time’s optimists, by contrast, claim to base their sunnier outlook on precise quantification. — Anthony Gottlieb, The New York Review of Books, "Accentuate the Positive," 7 Feb. 2019 This is essentially the quantification of onomatopoeia, like in the Adam West Batman series. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "Give the Robots Electronic Tongues," 24 May 2018 But all these are mere quantifications and chit-chat regurgitation. — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Titanic': THR's 1997 Review," 19 Dec. 2017 No, not total hearts broken, but total Win Probability Added (WPA), a quantification of the incremental changes in game state. — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, "Ranking the Craziest World Series Games Ever After Dodgers-Astros Game 5," 30 Oct. 2017 As corporate consolidation and factories’ technological capabilities ramped up in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, additional techniques of capitalist quantification seeped from the business world into other facets of American society. — Eli Cook, The Atlantic, "How Money Became the Measure of Everything," 19 Oct. 2017 Snap’s success speaks to a backlash against the quantification of everything. — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, "Snap Decisions," 19 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quantification.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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