English Dictionary: quantify | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quantification \Quan`ti*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See {Quantity}.] Modification by a reference to quantity; the introduction of the element of quantity. The quantification of the predicate belongs in part to Sir William Hamilton; viz., in its extension to negative propositions. --De Quincey. | |
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Quantivalence \Quan*tiv"a*lence\, n. [L. quantus how much + E. valence.] (Chem.) Valence. [Archaic] | |
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Quantivalent \Quan*tiv"a*lent\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to quantivalence. [Archaic] | |
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Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. {Quadruple}.] Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. {Quintuple time} (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used. | |
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Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. | |
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Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple, L. quintuplex. Cf. {Quadruple}.] Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount; fivefold. {Quintuple time} (Mus.), a time having five beats in a measure. It is seldom used. | |
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Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. | |
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Quittuple-nerved \Quit"tu*ple-nerved`\, Quintuple-ribbed \Quin"tu*ple-ribbed`\, a. (Bot.) The same as {Quinquenerved}. | |
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Quintuplet \Quin"tu*plet\, n. [From {Quintuple}.] 1. A collection or combination of five of a kind. 2. pl. Five children born in the same labor. 3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five notes. 4. A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion. | |
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Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quintupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quintupling}.] [Cf. F. quintupler.] To make fivefold, or five times as much or many. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
quantifiers In techspeak and jargon, the standard metric prefixes used in the SI (Syste`me International) conventions for scientific measurement have dual uses. With units of time or things that come in powers of 10, such as money, they retain their usual meanings of multiplication by powers of 1000 = 10^3. But when used with bytes or other things that naturally come in powers of 2, they usually denote multiplication by powers of 1024 = 2^(10). Here are the SI magnifying prefixes, along with the corresponding binary interpretations in common use: prefix decimal binary kilo- 1000^1 1024^1 = 2^10 = 1,024 mega- 1000^2 1024^2 = 2^20 = 1,048,576 giga- 1000^3 1024^3 = 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 tera- 1000^4 1024^4 = 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 peta- 1000^5 1024^5 = 2^50 = 1,125,899,906,842,624 exa- 1000^6 1024^6 = 2^60 = 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 zetta- 1000^7 1024^7 = 2^70 = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 yotta- 1000^8 1024^8 = 2^80 = 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 Here are the SI fractional prefixes: _prefix decimal jargon usage_ milli- 1000^-1 (seldom used in jargon) micro- 1000^-2 small or human-scale (see {micro-}) nano- 1000^-3 even smaller (see {nano-}) pico- 1000^-4 even smaller yet (see {pico-}) femto- 1000^-5 (not used in jargon---yet) atto- 1000^-6 (not used in jargon---yet) zepto- 1000^-7 (not used in jargon---yet) yocto- 1000^-8 (not used in jargon---yet) The prefixes zetta-, yotta-, zepto-, and yocto- have been included in these tables purely for completeness and giggle value; they were adopted in 1990 by the `19th Conference Generale des Poids et Mesures'. The binary peta- and exa- loadings, though well established, are not in jargon use either -- yet. The prefix milli-, denoting multiplication by 1/1000, has always been rare in jargon (there is, however, a standard joke about the `millihelen' -- notionally, the amount of beauty required to launch one ship). See the entries on {micro-}, {pico-}, and {nano-} for more information on connotative jargon use of these terms. `Femto' and `atto' (which, interestingly, derive not from Greek but from Danish) have not yet acquired jargon loadings, though it is easy to predict what those will be once computing technology enters the required realms of magnitude (however, see {attoparsec}). There are, of course, some standard unit prefixes for powers of 10. In the following table, the `prefix' column is the international standard suffix for the appropriate power of ten; the `binary' column lists jargon abbreviations and words for the corresponding power of 2. The B-suffixed forms are commonly used for byte quantities; the words `meg' and `gig' are nouns that may (but do not always) pluralize with `s'. prefix decimal binary pronunciation kilo- k K, KB, /kay/ mega- M M, MB, meg /meg/ giga- G G, GB, gig /gig/,/jig/ Confusingly, hackers often use K or M as though they were suffix or numeric multipliers rather than a prefix; thus "2K dollars", "2M of disk space". This is also true (though less commonly) of G. Note that the formal SI metric prefix for 1000 is `k'; some use this strictly, reserving `K' for multiplication by 1024 (KB is thus `kilobytes'). K, M, and G used alone refer to quantities of bytes; thus, 64G is 64 gigabytes and `a K' is a kilobyte (compare mainstream use of `a G' as short for `a grand', that is, $1000). Whether one pronounces `gig' with hard or soft `g' depends on what one thinks the proper pronunciation of `giga-' is. Confusing 1000 and 1024 (or other powers of 2 and 10 close in magnitude) -- for example, describing a memory in units of 500K or 524K instead of 512K -- is a sure sign of the {marketroid}. One example of this: it is common to refer to the capacity of 3.5" {microfloppies} as `1.44 MB' In fact, this is a completely {bogus} number. The correct size is 1440 KB, that is, 1440 * 1024 = 1474560 bytes. So the `mega' in `1.44 MB' is compounded of two `kilos', one of which is 1024 and the other of which is 1000. The correct number of megabytes would of course be 1440 / 1024 = 1.40625. Alas, this fine point is probably lost on the world forever. [1993 update: hacker Morgan Burke has proposed, to general approval on Usenet, the following additional prefixes: groucho 10^(-30) harpo 10^(-27) harpi 10^(27) grouchi 10^(30) We observe that this would leave the prefixes zeppo-, gummo-, and chico- available for future expansion. Sadly, there is little immediate prospect that Mr. Burke's eminently sensible proposal will be ratified.] [1999 upate: there is an IEC proposal (ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/doc/ISO/information-units) for binary multipliers, but no evidence that any of its proposals are in live use.] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
quantifier values of a variable a formula is true. Universally quantified means "for all values" (written with an inverted A, {LaTeX} \forall) and existentially quantified means "there exists some value" (written with a reversed E, {LaTeX} \exists). To be unambiguous, the set to which the values of the variable belong should be specified, though this is often omitted when it is clear from the context (the "universe of discourse"). E.g. Forall x . P(x) <=> not (Exists x . not P(x)) meaning that any x (in some unspecified set) has property P which is equivalent to saying that there does not exist any x which does not have the property. If a variable is not quantified then it is a {free variable}. In {logic programming} this usually means that it is actually universally quantified. See also {first order logic}. (2002-05-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Quantify A performance analysis tool from {Pure Software}. |