Adjective: quantitative 'kwón-ti,tey-tiv or kwón-ti-tu-tiv- 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" - Relating to the measurement of quantity
"quantitative studies" - (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables
"The medieval transition from classical quantitative verse to accentual verse"
See also: decimal, denary, duodecimal, numeric, numerical, quantifiable, three-figure, valued, vicenary Antonym: accentual, qualitative, syllabic Encyclopedia: Quantitative |