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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.

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

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quanti·tative·ly adv.

quanti·tative·ness n.

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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

Thesaurus

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] ADJ → cuantitativo

quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] adj → quantitatif/ive

quantitative

adj, quantitatively

adv → quantitativ; restrictions, controls → quantitativ, mengenmäßig; in quantitative terms → rein quantitativ or mengenmäßig betrachtet

quantitative [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] adj → quantitativo/a