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Vinony

quantifier

noun

  1. logical operator specifying how many entities in the domain of discourse that satisfy an open formula
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ / /ˈkwɑn.tə.faɪ.ɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English quantify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quantifier From quantify + -er.

  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.