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quantitative

  • adjective
  • kwänʹtĭ-tā-tĭv

Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

Other meanings

  1. Of logical analysis: based on quantification as well as qualification, rather than solely the latter: thus, not ignorant of magnitudes (large or small).

  2. Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.

Word history

From Latin "quantitātīvus".

Where this comes from

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