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Quantitative
//ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.tɪv// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.
"quantitative data"
- 2 Of logical analysis: based on quantification as well as qualification, rather than solely the latter: thus, not ignorant of magnitudes (large or small).
- 3 Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.
Adjective
- 1 expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement wordnet
- 2 (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables wordnet
- 3 relating to the measurement of quantity wordnet
Etymology
From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface analysis, quantity + -ative.
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