QUANTITATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quantitative mean? 

• QUANTITATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective QUANTITATIVE has 3 senses:

1. expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

2. relating to the measurement of quantity

3. (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables

  Familiarity information: QUANTITATIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUANTITATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

Context example:

quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture

Similar:

decimal; denary (numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten)

duodecimal (based on twelve)

numeric; numerical (measured or expressed in numbers)

quantifiable (capable of being quantified)

three-figure ((of numbers) written with three figures)

valued ((usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind)

vicenary (of or relating to or based on 20)

Antonym:

qualitative (involving distinctions based on qualities)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to the measurement of quantity

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

quantitative studies

Pertainym:

quantity (an adequate or large amount)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables

Context example:

in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements

Antonym:

accentual ((of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity)

syllabic ((of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities)

 Context examples 

In vitro or in vivo testing to give a quantitative measure of tumor-inducing potency of the substance.

(Carcinogen Screening, NCI Thesaurus)

To search for the genetic variants regulating gene expression in the retina, they used expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis.

(New study about genes linked to age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

The quantitative determination of bacterial populations.

(Bacterial Count, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative analysis of a toxic substance.

(Analytical Toxicology, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative measurement of the amount of chloride present in a sample.

(Chloride Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of a set of unordered, quantitative coded values.

(Coded Continuous Set Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative measurement of the amount of phosphate present in a sample.

(Phosphate Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative unit of measurement for thrombin inhibition per unit suface area in square centimeters.

(NIH Unit of Thrombin Inhibited/Square Centimeter, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of the difference between two sets of unordered, quantitative values.

(Continuous Set Difference Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A data type comprised of a set of unordered, quantitative values.

(Continuous Set Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)