An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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1) 1) A word that indicates the quantity of something.
2) Math.: A phrase in a logical expression that somehow specifies the quantity of variables. In particular either of the phrases "for all" (written symbolically as ∀) and "there exists" (∃).
3) In → predicate logic, a symbol that applies to, or binds, → variables which represent the → arguments of → predicates. See also → existential quantifier and → universal quantifier. In → first-order logic theses variables must range over → individuals. In higher-order logics they may range over predicates.

Agent noun of → quantify

1) To express as a number or amount.
2) In predicate logic: To express by a → symbol how many of the → individuals have the property in common.

M.L. quantificare, from to L. quant(us) "how much?" + -ificare "-ify."

Candâyidan infinitive of candâ, → quantity + -idan.

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its → quality (OxfordDictionaries.com).

From L.L. quantitativus, from quanitat- + -ivus "-ive."

The analysis of a chemical sample to derive its precise percentage composition in terms of elements, radicals, or compounds.

→ quantitative; → analysis.

The property of magnitude.
An entity having magnitude, size, extent, or amount.

M.E., from rom O.Fr. quantite (Fr. quantité), from L. quantitatem (nominative quantitas), from quant(us) "how much?" + -itas, → -ity.

Candâ, candi "quantity," Mid.Pers. candih "amount, quantity," from cand "how many, how much; so many, much;" O.Pers. yāvā "as long as;" Av. yauuant- [adj.] "how great?, how much?, how many?," yauuat [adv.] "as much as, as far as;" cf. Skt. yāvant- "how big, how much;" Gk. heos "as long as, until."

1) The procedure of restricting a continuous quantity to certain discrete values.
2) Physics: The procedure of deriving the quantum-mechanical laws of a system from its corresponding classical laws.

Verbal noun of → quantize.

Math.: To restrict a variable quantity to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
Physics: To change the description of a physical system from classical to quantum-mechanical, usually resulting in discrete values for observable quantities, as energy or angular momentum.

From quant(um) + → -ize.

From kuântom, → quantum, + -idan infinitive suffix.

1) Capable of existing in only one of several states.
2) Of or pertaining to discrete values for → observable quantities.

P.p. of → quantize.

A device with a limited number of possible output values hat can translate an incoming signal into these values or codes for outputting.

Agent noun of → quantize.

In quantum mechanics, the quantization of the field that replaces potential in Newtonian mechanics, whereby the field variables become operators from which the creation (of particle) operators and destruction operators can be constructed.

→ second; → quantization.

1) Of, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other signs and symbols.
2) Of or pertaining to → semantics.

From Fr. sémantique, from Gk. semantikos "significant," from semainein "to show, signify, indicate by a sign," from sema "sign."

Cemârik, from cemâr, → meaning, + -ik, → -ic.

The study of the → meaning of signs or symbols, as opposed to their formal relations (→ syntactics).

→ semantic; → -ics.

A region of the Earth where the inner → Van Allen belt comes closest to the Earth's surface. It is due to the fact that the → geomagnetic field is offset from the center of the Earth. The region is centered near 25 degrees South 50 degrees West, close to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. The excess of trapped energetic particles in that region presents a problem for satellites in orbit around the Earth.

→ south; → Atlantic; → anomaly.

Grammar: A word or word group functioning syntactically as a noun. Substantives include nouns and → nominals.

M.E., from L.L. substantivus "of substance or being," from L. substantia "being, essence, material," → substance, contraction of "noun substantive" from L. nomen substantivum ("independent noun") as opposed to nomen adiectivum "noun adjective" ("dependent noun").

Ziristin, from zirist, → substance, + -in a suffix of relation.

A symbol of → predicate logic which expresses that the statements within its scope are → true for everything, or every instance of a specific thing. The symbol ∀ "for all" is used as the universal quantifier. Universal quantifiers are normally used in logic in conjunction with predicate symbols, which say something about a variable or constant, in this case the variable being quantified.

→ universal; → quantifier.