Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to measurement of quantity: Pertaining to the amount, number, or size of something, rather than its quality or nature.
   • Expressible as a quantity: Capable of being measured and expressed in numerical terms.
   • (Of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables: In classical poetry, describing a rhythmic structure determined by the length of syllables (long or short) rather than stress.

Examples of Usage

• General Use:
  • The study provides a quantitative analysis of market trends.
  • There are quantitative restrictions on the import of certain goods.
• Scientific/Analytical Use:
  • Chemistry often relies on quantitative methods to determine the exact composition of a substance.
  • The research shifted from quantitative data to qualitative interviews.
• Literary Use (less common):
  • Classical Greek poetry is quantitative, unlike modern English verse which is accentual.

Advanced Usage

• "Quantitative easing" (Economics): A monetary policy where a central bank purchases government securities to increase the money supply.
  • The Federal Reserve employed quantitative easing during the financial crisis.
• "Quantitative trait" (Biology/Genetics): A characteristic that varies in degree and can be attributed to the interactions of multiple genes.
  • Height in humans is considered a quantitative trait.

Variants and Related Words

• Quantity (n): The amount or number of something.
  • A large quantity of water was needed.
• Quantify (v): To measure or express the quantity of something.
  • It is difficult to quantify the exact benefits.
• Quantitatively (adv): In a way that relates to quantity or measurement.
  • The results were analyzed quantitatively.

Synonyms

• Numerical: Relating to or expressed as a number or numbers.
• Measurable: Able to be measured.
• Quantifiable: Able to be expressed or measured as a quantity.

Antonyms

• Qualitative: Relating to the quality or standard of something, rather than its quantity.
  • The report included both quantitative data and qualitative observations.

Adjective

1. (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
2. relating to the measurement of quantity
   • quantitative studies
3. 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