English Dictionary
◊ QUANTITATIVE
quantitative
adj 1: expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of
measurement; "export wheat without quantitative
limitations"; "quantitative analysis determines the
amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents
of a substance or mixture" [ant: {qualitative}]
2: relating to the measurement of quantity; "quantitative
studies"
3: (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration
of syllables; "in typical Greek and Latin verse of the
classical period the rhymic system is based on some
arrangement of long and short elements" [ant: {syllabic},
{accentual}]