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)
- (US): enPR: kwänʹtĭ-tā-tĭv, IPA(key): /ˈkwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv/
Adjective
quantitative (comparative more quantitative, superlative most quantitative)
- Of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality
- (chemistry) Of a form of analysis that determines the amount of some element or compound in a sample
Derived terms
Related terms
- quantity
- quantitate
Translations
See also
- qualitative
- quantitate
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ti.ta.tiv/
Adjective
quantitative
- feminine singular of quantitatif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
quantitative
- inflection of quantitativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwan.ti.taˈti.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: quan‧ti‧ta‧tì‧ve
Adjective
quantitative
- feminine plural of quantitativo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷan.ti.taːˈtiː.u̯e/, [kʷän̪t̪ɪt̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwan.ti.taˈti.ve/, [kwän̪t̪it̪äˈt̪iːve]
Adjective
quantitātīve
- 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)