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Quantifier logo #10101) Logical quantifier 2) Word
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Quantifier logo #10101) Some
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Quantifier logo #21000[linguistics] In linguistics and grammar, a quantifier is a type of determiner, such as all, some, many, few, a lot, and no, (but not numerals){clarify|reason=Numerals appear not to be determiners, but I`m not sure. Please cross-check by a linguistics expert.|date=August 2014} that indicates quantity. Quantification is also used in logic, w...
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Quantifier logo #21000[logic] In logic, quantification is a construct that specifies the quantity of specimens in the domain of discourse that satisfy an open formula. For example, in arithmetic, it allows the expression of the statement that every natural number has a successor. A language element which generates a quantification (such as `every`) is called a q...
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Quantifier logo #21000[syntax] ((Keeping the link to a disambiguation page; both (logic) and (linguistics) apply.)) ...
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quantifier logo #21003(from the article `logic`) A natural language usually has various rhetorical devices for expressing quantifiers, and some languages—English, for example—occasionally do not ... ...conclusion of an argument (`illation`). Furthermore, Peirce slowly abandoned the strictly substitutional character of algebraic terms and ...
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quantifier logo #20400[n] - (logic) a word (such as `some` or `all` or `no`) that binds the variables in a logical proposition 2. [n] - (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen` or `many`)
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quantifier logo #21009quantifier A word such as 'all', 'some', or 'most'; or a logical symbol with this meaning, that indicates the range of individuals or items referred to.
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quantifier logo #20974 noun (logic) a word (such as `some` or `all` or `no`) that binds the variables in a logical proposition
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quantifier logo #20974 noun (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen` or `many`)
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Quantifier logo #21203Universal quantifier is the name given to the notation (x) prefixed to a logical formula A (containing the free varible x) to express that A holds for all values of x -- usually, for all values of x within a certain range or domain of values, which either is implicit in the context, or is indicated by the notation through some convention. The same....
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quantifier logo #21199an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Cf. · a word, esp. a modifier, that indicates the quantity of something.
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quantifier logo #23037Any term which serves to indicate an amount such as all, some, a few, or the set of numerals in a language.
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