quantitative

English Online Dictionary. What means quantitative‎? What does quantitative mean?

English

Etymology

From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface analysis, quantity +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒntətɪv/ (proscribed)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.ɾɪv], /ˈkwɑn.əˌteɪ.tɪv/, [ˈkwɑn.əˌteɪ.ɾɪv]
• (US) enPR: kwänʹtĭ-tā-tĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑn.tɪˌteɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)

1. Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.
2. Of logical analysis: based on quantification as well as qualification, rather than solely the latter: thus, not ignorant of magnitudes (large or small).
3. (chemistry) Of a form of analysis, that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample.

Derived terms

Related terms

• quant
• quantity
• quantitate

Translations

See also

• qualitative
• quantitate

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.ti.ta.tiv/

Adjective

quantitative

1. feminine singular of quantitatif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

quantitative

1. inflection of quantitativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwan.ti.taˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: quan‧ti‧ta‧tì‧ve

Adjective

quantitative

1. feminine plural of quantitativo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʷan.ti.taːˈtiː.u̯e/, [kʷän̪t̪ɪt̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kʷan.ti.taˈti.ve/, [kʷän̪t̪it̪äˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

quantitātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of quantitātīvus

References

• "quantitative", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)