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1. (adj.) quantitative
being or capable of being measured by quantity.
2. quantitative
of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.
3. quantitative
pertaining to or based on the relative duration of syllables:
Classical prosody was quantitative.
4. quantitative
of or pertaining to the length of a speech sound.
Etymology: (1575–85; < ML quantitātīvus= L quantitāt- (s. of quantitās) quantity+-īvus -ive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) quantitative
expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
"export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
2. (adj) quantitative
relating to the measurement of quantity
"quantitative studies"
3. (adj) quantitative
(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables
"in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) quantitative
relating to quantity
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. quantitative
Involving the determination of quantities. Thus a simple test would indicate that a current was passing through a wire. This would be a qualitative test. If by proper apparatus the exact intensity of the current was determined, it would be a quantitative determination. (See Qualitative.)
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