Quantitative - Definition

quantitative

adj 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" [ant: 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" [ant: accentual,
syllabic]

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