Associations to the word «Quantifier»

Wiktionary

QUANTIFIER, noun. (grammar) A word, such as all or many, that expresses a quantity
QUANTIFIER, noun. (logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
QUANTIFIER, noun. (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Dictionary definition

QUANTIFIER, noun. (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition.
QUANTIFIER, noun. (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many').

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats