Meaning of QUANTITATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kwânti`teytiv
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] (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"
- [adj] relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative studies"
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| | Synonyms: | | decimal, denary, duodecimal, numeric, numerical, quantifiable, three-figure, valued, vicenary |
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| | Antonyms: | | accentual, qualitative, syllabic | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Quan"ti*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. quantitatif.]
Relating to quantity. -- {Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly}, adv.
{Quantitative analysis} (Chem.), analysis which determines
the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance,
by weight or by volume; -- contrasted with qualitative
analysis.
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| | Definition: | | A precise measurement or determination expressed numerically. |
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