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Definition of quantitative

adjective

  • relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality:quantitative analysisOften contrasted with qualitative.
  • 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.

Derivatives

quantitatively

adverb

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'having magnitude or spatial extent'): from medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitas (see quantity)

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