noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
2. 2
   (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as ‘fifteen’ or ‘many’) wordnet
3. 3
   An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
4. 4
   (logic) a word (such as ‘some’ or ‘all’ or ‘no’) that binds the variables in a logical proposition wordnet
5. 5
   A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Synonyms

All synonyms

logical quantifier

Etymology

From quantify + -er.

Related phrases

existential quantifierquantifier eliminationself-quantifieruniversal quantifierexistential quantifierpredicate calculusregular expressionuniversal quantifier

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