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.

See quantitative in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: ML quantitativus

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See quantitative in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Expressed or expressible as a quantity.
b. Of, relating to, or susceptible of measurement.
c. Of or relating to number or quantity.
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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