quantitative

Definition of Quantitative in English :

Adjective

1. quantitative

expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

Example Sentences:
'export wheat without quantitative limitations'
'quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture'

2. quantitative

relating to the measurement of quantity

Example Sentences:
'quantitative studies'

3. quantitative

(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables

Example Sentences:
'in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quantitative

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adjective

1.

involving or relating to considerations of amount or size

Compare qualitative

2.

capable of being measured

3. prosody

denoting or relating to a metrical system, such as that in Latin and Greek verse, that is based on the relative length rather than stress of syllables

Quantitative

see synonyms of quantitative

adjective

1.

having to do with quantity

2.

capable of being measured

3.

having to do with the quantity of a speech sound

4.

having to do with a system, as in classical prosody, in which syllables are classified as long and short

Quantitative

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adj.

1.

a. Expressed or expressible as a quantity.

b. Of, relating to, or susceptible of measurement.

c. Of or relating to number or quantity.

2. Of or relating to a metrical system based on the duration of syllables rather than on stress. Used especially of classical Greek and Latin verse.

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