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quantifier

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkwɒntɪfaɪə^r/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kwon′tə fī′ər)

quan•ti•fi•er (kwon′tə fī′ər),USA pronunciation n.

Philosophy[Logic.]an expression, as "all'' or "some,'' that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Cf. existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
Grammara word, esp. a modifier, that indicates the quantity of something.

quantify + -er¹ 1875–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

quantifier /ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪə/ n

any other symbol with an analogous interpretation: the existential quantifier, (∃x), corresponds to the words "there is something, x, such that …"
a word or phrase in a natural language having this role, such as some, all, or many in English

'quantifier' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bind - bound - exclamation mark - existential - free - generalization - quantify - universal - vacuous - A, a - bound variable - existential quantifier - free variable - particular quantifier - tonner - universal quantifier

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