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quantitative definition

quan·ti·ta·tive (kwänt′ə tāt′iv)

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

Etymology: ML quantitativus

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quantitative Usage Examples

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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quantitative quotes

Statisticsarethetriumphofthequantitativemethod, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterilityand death.

-Belloc, (Joseph) Hilaire Pierre

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