quantitate
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
- quantitation noun
Etymology
Origin of quantitate
First recorded in 1955–60; quantit(y) + -ate 1
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A measurement of free energy is used to quantitate these energy transfers.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
So I have to say, I don’t think we have the data to quantitate that.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2021
“We feel that the mitigation that we’re doing right now is having an effect. It’s very difficult to quantitate it because you have two dynamic things going on at the same time,” Fauci said.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2020
Tanta est illic reuerentia sacrificiorum vt si quis vel in modica quantitate, sanguinem hominis, seu immolaticiæ pecudis fudisse deprehensus fuerit, nequaquam iudicium mortis euadet.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Hakluyt, Richard
Et quod vix credetur, mures pro quantitate, 10, aut 12. nostrorum et vespertiliones ad modum coruorum.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Hakluyt, Richard
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