Meanings
present singular third person quantifies · participle present quantifying · participle past quantified · past quantified
- To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
2012 January 28, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013, page 313 more examples
Once more significant differences were observed for CTR w/o LIF. (E)- Protein levels for Hexokinase I and II, GAPDH and PKM1/2 were determined by western Blot and quantified by densiometric evaluation.
2015 July 6, “Dichloroacetate, the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex and the Modulation of mESC Pluripotency”, in PLOS ONE, →DOIThe most common model contains two core affect dimensions: arousal, which quantifies the intensity of the response, and valence, which quantifies the aversiveness of the situation—ranging from a very positive (pleasurable) to a very negative (aversive) emotional state.
2015 August 15, “Expression of Emotional Arousal in Two Different Piglet Call Types”, in PLOS ONE, →DOIStandards for methanol extracted pigments chlorophyll a, c 2 . peridinin, β carotene, diatoxanthin and diadinoxanthin were used for quantifying pigments which were normalized per cell.
2015 October 29, “Transcriptomic Changes in Coral Holobionts Provide Insights into Physiological Challenges of Future Climate and Ocean Change”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo assign a quantity to.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷos?
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷoider.?
- Proto-Italic*kʷāntos
- Latinquantus
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Medieval Latinquantificō
- Englishquantify
From Medieval Latin quantifico (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic).
More words from Medieval Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian определям количествено
- определям количествено (opredeljam količestveno)to assign a quantity to
Catalan quantificar
- quantificarto assign a quantity to
Czech kvantifikovat
- kvantifikovatto assign a quantity to
Danish kvantificere, gøre målbar
- kvantificereto assign a quantity to
- gøre målbarto assign a quantity to
Dutch kwantificeren
- kwantificerento assign a quantity to
Finnish määrittää, kvantifioida
- määrittääto assign a quantity to
- kvantifioidato assign a quantity to
- määrällistääto assign a quantity to
French quantifier
- quantifierto assign a quantity to
German quantifizieren
- quantifizierento assign a quantity to
Hungarian számszerűsít, kvantifikál
- számszerűsítto assign a quantity to
- kvantifikálto assign a quantity to
- mennyiségileg/számszerűen meghatároz/kifejezto assign a quantity to
Italian quantificare
- quantificareto assign a quantity to
Polish określać ilościowo, określić ilościowo
- określać ilościowoto assign a quantity to
- określić ilościowoto assign a quantity to
Portuguese quantificar
- quantificarto assign a quantity to
Romanian cuantifica
- cuantificato assign a quantity to
Russian квантифици́ровать
- квантифици́ровать (kvantificírovatʹ)to assign a quantity to
Spanish cuantificar, cifrar
- cuantificarto assign a quantity to
- cifrarto assign a quantity to
Swedish kvantifiera
- kvantifierato assign a quantity to
Cite this entry
quantify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quantify
“quantify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quantify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quantify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quantify.
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