quantitative meaning and definition

QUANTITATIVE adjective

Definition of quantitative (adjective)

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"
   • antonym: 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"
   • antonym: syllabic