quantitative

The definition of quantitative is something that is able to be measured.

(adjective)

An example of quantitative used as an adjective is a quantitative review of the farm which reported three sheep.

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See quantitative in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: ML quantitativus

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See quantitative in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  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.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin quantitātīvus

Origin: , from Latin quantitās, quantitāt-, quantity

Origin: , from quantus, how great; see quantity

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Related Forms:

  • quanˈti·taˌtive·ly adverb
  • quanˈti·taˌtive·ness noun

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