quantifier

quantifier
/kwon"teuh fuy'euhr/, n.
1. Logic. an expression, as "all" or "some," that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Cf. existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
2. a word, esp. a modifier, that indicates the quantity of something.
[1875-80; QUANTIFY + -ER1]

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