Able to be expressed in numerical terms or measured precisely. Describes concepts, phenomena, or variables that can be assigned specific quantities or values.
Formed from 'quantify' plus the suffix '-able,' emerging in the 20th century as scientific and business practices increasingly demanded precise measurement of previously subjective assessments.
The push to make everything quantifiable has created fascinating paradoxes - we now have numerical scales for happiness, beauty, and even love, turning poets into statisticians!
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