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What (who) is Quantitative - definition
Quantitative
Involving the determination of quantities. Thus a simple test would
indicate that a current was passing through a wire. This would be a
qualitative test. If by proper apparatus the exact intensity of the
current was determined, it would be a quantitative determination. (See
Qualitative.)
Quantitative
·adj Relating to quantity.
quantitative
['kw?nt?t?t?v, -?te?t?v]
¦ 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
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'having spatial extent'): from med. L. quantitativus, from L. quantitas (see quantity).
Examples of use of Quantitative
1. This section of the NPT highlighted the issue of "vertical proliferation" the quantitative or quantitative increase of weapons in the nuclear states.
2. Mr Fukui was referring to the bank‘s quantitative easing policy.
3. "The research that we did is actually qualitative, not quantitative.
4. North Korea possesses a quantitative military lead, but its decrepit forces would fare poorly in battle.
5. "For such a quantitative change, the company needed a totally different hierarchy.