quantitative adjective

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• quantitative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of, concerned with, or measured by quantity. DERIVATIVES quantitatively adverb …   English terms dictionary

• quantitative — quan‧ti‧ta‧tive [ˈkwɒnttətɪv ǁ ˈkwɑːntteɪ ] adjective connected with amounts rather than with the quality or nature of something: • the introduction of new quantitative import restrictions * * * quantitative UK US /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/ US … …   Financial and business terms

• quantitative — adjective connected with amounts rather than with the quality or nature of something: quantitative estimates | quantitative chemical analysis compare qualitative quantitatively adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• quantitative — adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitat , quantitas quantity Date: 1581 1. of, relating to, or expressible in terms of quantity 2. of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount 3. based on… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• quantitative — adjective /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv,ˈkwɑntɪteɪtɪv,ˈkwantɪtejtɪv,kwaɾ ̃ɪtejtɪv/ a) Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality b) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample …   Wiktionary

• quantitative — quan|ti|ta|tive [ kwantə,teıtıv ] adjective FORMAL involving amounts, or involving measuring things as amounts: The differences are not measurable in quantitative terms. ╾ quan|ti|ta|tive|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• quantitative — UK [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv] / US [ˈkwɑntəˌteɪtɪv] adjective formal involving amounts, or involving measuring things as amounts The differences are not measurable in quantitative terms. Derived word: quantitatively adverb …   English dictionary

• quantitative — / kwɒntɪtətɪv/ adjective referring to quantity ▪▪▪ ‘…the collection of consumer behaviour data in the book covers both qualitative and quantitative techniques’ [Quarterly Review of Marketing] …   Marketing dictionary in english

• quantitative — / kwɒntɪtətɪv/ adjective referring to quantity ▪▪▪ ‘…the collection of consumer behaviour data in the book covers both qualitative and quantitative techniques’ [Quarterly Review of Marketing] …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• quantitative — [ kwɒntɪtətɪv, ˌteɪtɪv] adjective 1》 relating to or measured by quantity. Often contrasted with qualitative. 2》 denoting or relating to verse whose metre is based on the length of syllables, as in Latin, as opposed to the stress, as in English.… …   English new terms dictionary

• quantitative — /ˈkwɒntəˌteɪtɪv / (say kwontuh.taytiv), /ˈkwɒntətətɪv / (say kwontuhtuhtiv) adjective 1. that is or may be estimated by quantity. 2. of or relating to the describing or measuring of quantity. 3. Prosody of or relating to the metrical system in… …