quantifier

  1. Noun.  (grammar) A word, such as ''all'' or ''many'', that expresses a quantity.
  2. Noun.  (logic) The operator, represented by either of the symbols ∀ (universal quantifier) or ∃ (existential quantifier), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.
  3. Noun.  (computing) A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

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