quantitative Definition
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
quantitative Related Forms
quan′·ti·ta′·tively adverb
quan′·ti·ta′·tive·ness noun
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.
- analysis: However, there is an even sharper color change which is used in quantitative analysis.
- method: The first is a two hour examination on quantitative methods worth 50 per cent.
- genetics: Research History My initial research was based around studies on the quantitative genetics of Brassica spp.
- methodology: The study is open to both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
- trait: Aspects of population genetics and inheritance of quantitative traits.
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.
- primarily: The emphasis here will be primarily quantitative in nature, drawn from secondary sources.
- only: Not only quantitative knowledge is important in this respect.
- not: The results of the focus group will usually be qualitative in nature and not quantitative.
- also: See also quantitative quantitative that can be measured or assessed using numbers.
- either: The measures can be either quantitative or qualitative, or a mixture of both.
Used with adjective complement
- perform: She told the travel channel pioneered of the season next performed quantitative.
- become: As the technique becomes increasingly quantitative it promises to deliver real insight into the nature of chemical change.
- provide: Banding together in that a percent we provide quantitative.
- use: This puts almost irresistible pressure on markers to use quantitative marking schemes.
- make: This technique, if made quantitative, is able to fulfill these requirements by the SIA.
Browse dictionary entries near quantitative
- ‹ quantitate
- ‹ quantile
- ‹ quantify
- ‹ quantifier
- ‹ quantic
- ‹ quantasome
- ‹ quantal
- ‹ quanta
- ‹ Quant, Mary
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