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Webster 1913 Edition
Quantitative
Quan′ti-ta-tive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
quantitatif
.] Relating to quantity.
– Quan′ti-ta-tive-ly
, adv.
Quantitative analysis
(Chem.)
, analysis which determines the amount or quantity of each ingredient of a substance, by weight or by volume; – contrasted with
qualitative analysis
.Webster 1828 Edition
Quantitative
QUAN'TITATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
quantitative
quantitative
English
Adjective
quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)
- Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
- (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
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Translations
of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
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of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
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See also
Latin
Adjective
quantitative
- vocative masculine singular of quantitativus
References
- QUANTITATIVE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)