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quan·ti·ta·tive  (kwnt-ttv)
adj.
1.
a. Expressed or expressible as a quantity.
b. Of, relating to, or susceptible of measurement.
c. Of or relating to number or quantity.
2. 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.

[Medieval Latin quantittvus, from Latin quantits, quantitt-, quantity, from quantus, how great; see quantity.]

quanti·tative·ly adv.
quanti·tative·ness n.

quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv -ˌteɪ-], quantitive
adj
1. involving or relating to considerations of amount or size Compare qualitative
2. capable of being measured
3. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody denoting or relating to a metrical system, such as that in Latin and Greek verse, that is based on the relative length rather than stress of syllables
quantitatively , quantitively adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.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"
qualitative - involving distinctions based on qualities; "qualitative change"; "qualitative data"; "qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"
2.quantitative - relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative studies"
3.quantitative - (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"
accentual - (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"
syllabic - (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
Translations
quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] ADJcuantitativo
quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] adjquantitatif/ive
quantitative
adj, quantitatively
advquantitativ; restrictions, controlsquantitativ, mengenmäßig; in quantitative termsrein quantitativ or mengenmäßig betrachtet
quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] adjquantitativo/a
quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] adjquantitativo/a


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We now come to the quantitative parts the separate parts into which Tragedy is divided namely, Prologue, Episode, Exode, Choric song; this last being divided into Parode and Stasimon.
A man may contend that 'much' is the contrary of 'little', or 'great' of 'small', but of definite quantitative terms no contrary exists.
 
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