QUANTIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantification mean? 

• QUANTIFICATION (noun)
  The noun QUANTIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers 'some' or 'all' or 'no')

2. the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

  Familiarity information: QUANTIFICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers 'some' or 'all' or 'no')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("quantification" is a kind of...):

limitation; restriction (a principle that limits the extent of something)

Holonyms ("quantification" is a part of...):

functional calculus; predicate calculus (a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions))

Derivation:

quantify (use as a quantifier)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("quantification" is a kind of...):

measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quantification"):

gradation; graduation (the act of arranging in grades)

Derivation:

quantify (express as a number or measure or quantity)

 Context examples 

Upon uptake, the radioisotope moiety may be detected using positron emission tomography (PET), thereby allowing imaging and quantification of the biodistribution of paclitaxel.

(Fluorine F-18 Fluoropaclitaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon binding, the radioisotope moiety may be detected using PET, thereby allowing the imaging and quantification of CD20-expressing tumor cells.

(Copper Cu 64-DOTA-Rituximab, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantification of the amount of light that is absorbed by or transmitted through a substance.

(Optical Density Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A laboratory test designed for the quantification of an organic or inorganic chemical within a biological specimen.

(Chemistry Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon binding, IRDye 800 may be detected using NIR imaging, which facilitates the visualization and quantification of EGFR-expressing tumor cells.

(Cetuximab-IRDye 800CW, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantification of lifetime tobacco exposure defined as (number of cigarettes smoked per day x number of years smoked)/20.

(Pack year, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantification method to determine metabolic rate.

(Metabolic Rate Quantification, NCI Thesaurus)

Molecular imaging typically includes two- or three-dimensional imaging as well as quantification over time.

(Molecular Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

These analyses enable the quantification of thermal, electrical and mechanical parameters of these entities.

(Nanoparticle Physical Characterization, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon binding, the radioisotope moiety may be detected using positron emission tomography (PET), thereby allowing the imaging and quantification of HER2-expressing tumor cells.

(Copper Cu 64-DOTA-Trastuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)