quantification

noun

quan·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌkwän-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce quantification (audio)
: the operation of quantifying
quantificational
ˌkwän-tə-fə-ˈkā-sh(ə-)nəl How to pronounce quantification (audio)
adjective
quantificationally adverb

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Now is the time to say specific things and propose a specific quantification. — Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 And yet these wearable trackers, with all their data and quantification, feed a desire for a more scientific look into one’s personal health. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 Such inquiry takes time and stubbornly resists quantification; its effects are complex and diffuse, embedded in the long arc of a doctor’s moral life. — Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 These practices move wellness toward quantification. — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quantification

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1840, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quantification was circa 1840

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“Quantification.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantification. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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