quantitative

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: quan=ti=ta=tive

CIDE DICTIONARY

quantitative, a. [Cf. F. quantitatif.].

 Relating to quantity.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quantitative, adj.
1 a concerned with quantity. b measured or measurable by quantity.
2 of or based on the quantity of syllables.

Idiom

quantitative analysis Chem. measurement of the amounts of the constituents of a substance (opp. QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS).

Derivative

quantitatively adv.

Etymology

med.L quantitativus (as QUANTITY)

THESAURUS

quantitative

a, an, any, approximative, certain, chorographic, estimative, hypsographic, measured, measuring, mensural, mensurational, mensurative, metric, numerative, oceanographic, one, quantified, quantitive, quantized, some, topographic, valuational, valuative

ROGET THESAURUS

quantitative

Quantity

N quantity, magnitude, size, amplitude, magnitude, mass, amount, sum, quantum, measure, substance, strength, force, mathematics, mathesis, category, general conception, universal predicament, armful, handful, mouthful, spoonful, capful, stock, batch, lot, dose, yaffle, quantitative, some, any, aught, more or less, a few, to the tune of, all of, a full, the sum of, fully, exactly, precisely.