Quantitative

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quantitative \Quan"ti*ta*tive\, a. [Cf. F. quantitatif.]
     Relating to quantity. -- {Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly}, adv.
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     {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}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Analysis \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}.
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     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}.
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     3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the
        resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
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     4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the
        conditions that are in them to equations.
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     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.
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     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.
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     {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and
     {Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate},
        {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quantitative
       adj 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "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