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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King