quantitative
[kwon-ti-tey-tiv]
- that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- of or relating to the describing or measuring of quantity.
- of or relating to a metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather than accented and unaccented, syllables.
- of or relating to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.
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Sometimes quan·ti·tive [kwon-ti-tiv] /ˈkwɒn tɪ tɪv/.
Origin of quantitative
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Contemporary Examples
Mitt Romney just publicly said the Federal Reserve shouldn't go ahead with another round of quantitive easing [1].
Historical Examples
Other than quantitive changes are not noticed, except as provocations to homiletic discourse.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other EssaysThorstein Veblen
quantitative
quantitive
- involving or relating to considerations of amount or sizeCompare qualitative
- capable of being measured
- prosody denoting or relating to a metrical system, such as that in Latin and Greek verse, that is based on the relative length rather than stress of syllables
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Word Origin and History for quantitive
quantitative
adj.
1580s, "having quantity," from Medieval Latin quantitativus, from stem of Latin quantitas (see quantity). Meaning "measurable" is from 1650s. Related: Quantitatively.
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