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quantifier

/ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/

quantifier noun: a word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.

Noun

quantifier (plural quantifiers)

  1. A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
  2. 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.
  3. A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

quantifier meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

quantifier in Arabic

a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
مُحَدِدْ الْكَمِيَّةْ muḥadid al-kamiyyat

quantifier in Vietnamese

a word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
lượng từ

Examples of quantifier in a sentence

  • Definite articles, indefinite articles, and cardinal numbers acting as quantifiers are types of determiners.
  • "The monadic existential quantifier ∃, as in ∃x, may express existence of x in formal logic or mathematics".
  • Then we relativize the existential quantifiers according to the following well known scheme.

All 10 example sentences with quantifier

Forms of quantifier

pluralquantifiers

Origin of quantifier

From quantify + -er.

Words formed from quantifier

Questions about quantifier

What does quantifier mean?
Quantifier means a word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
What is quantifier in Arabic?
Quantifier in Arabic is مُحَدِدْ الْكَمِيَّةْ (muḥadid al-kamiyyat). See Quantifier meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is quantifier?
Quantifier is a noun.
How do you pronounce quantifier?
Quantifier is pronounced /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of quantifier?
The plural of quantifier is quantifiers.

Words near quantifier in the dictionary

  1. quantificationally
  2. quantifications
  3. quantificative
  4. quantified
  5. quantified self
  6. quantifier
  7. quantifiers
  8. quantifies
  9. quantify
  10. quantifying
  11. quantile

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