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quan·ti·ta·tive (kwänt′ə tāt′iv)
adjective
- having to do with quantity
- capable of being measured
- having to do with the quantity of a speech sound
- having to do with a system, as in classical prosody, in which syllables are classified as long and short
Etymology: ML quantitativus
Related Forms:
- quantitatively quan′·ti·ta′·tively adverb
- quantitativeness quan′·ti·ta′·tive·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Preposition: in
- nature: The emphasis here will be primarily quantitative in nature, drawn from secondary sources.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- make: This project is to develop the theory and make the effect quantitative.
Modifies a noun
- locus: Thus such genes have been called quantitative trait loci or QTL.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: Moreover, all the tools of automation subtly invite our attention ever more one-sidedly to the purely quantitative side of things.
Used with adjective complement
- perform: She told the travel channel pioneered of the season next performed quantitative.
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Statisticsarethetriumphofthequantitativemethod, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterilityand death.
Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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