quantitative
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quantitative /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪtɪv/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to or measured by quantity. Often contrasted with qualitative.
- 2 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.
quantitatively adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘having spatial extent’): from med. L. quantitativus, from L. quantitas (see quantity).
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