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–adjective

1.	that is or may be estimated by quantity.

2.	of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.

3.	of or pertaining to a metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather than accented and unaccented, syllables.

4.	of or pertaining to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.

[Origin: 1575–85; < ML quantitātīvus, equiv. to L quantitāt- (s. of quantitās) quantity + -īvus -ive

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—Related forms

quan·ti·ta·tive·ly, quan·ti·tive·ly, adverb

quan·ti·ta·tive·ness, quan·ti·tive·ness, noun

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quan·ti·ta·tive Audio Help (kwŏn'tĭ-tā'tĭv) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Expressed or expressible as a quantity.
2. Of, relating to, or susceptible of measurement.
3. Of or relating to number or quantity.
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 quantitātīvus, from Latin quantitās, quantitāt-, quantity, from quantus, how great; see quantity.]

quan'ti·ta'tive·ly adv., quan'ti·ta'tive·ness n.

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quantitative
adjective
1.	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" [ant: qualitative]
2.	relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative studies"
3.	(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" [ant: syllabic, accentual]

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Main Entry: quan·ti·ta·tive
Pronunciation: 'kwän(t)-&-"tAt-iv
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or expressiblein terms of quantity
2 : of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount —quan·ti·ta·tive·ly adverb

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Quantitative

A*nal"y*sis\, n.; pl. Analyses. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See Loose.]

1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.

Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.

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