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qualitative

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qual·i·ta·tive  (kwl-ttv)
adj.
Of, relating to, or concerning quality.
[Middle English, producing a primary quality, from Medieval Latin qulittvus, from Late Latin, qualitative, from Latin qulits, qulitt-, quality; see quality.]
quali·tative·ly adv.
qualitative
Adjective
involving or relating to distinctions based on quality
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Adj.1.qualitative - involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
quantitative - expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement; "export wheat without quantitative limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
2.qualitative - relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
Translations
Spanish qualitative [ˈkwɔlɪtətɪv] adj → cualitativo
French qualitative [ˈkwɔlɪtətɪv] adj → qualitatif/ive
German qualitative [ˈkwɔlɪtətɪv] adj → qualitativ
Italian qualitative [ˈkwɔlɪtətɪv] adj → qualitativo/a
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For a thing is altered when change of quality takes place; therefore either rest in its quality or change in the direction of the contrary may be called the contrary of this qualitative form of motion.
The Categories by Aristotle View in context
The qualitative analysis give a quite normal condition, and shows, I should infer, in itself a vigorous state of health.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
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