quantitative
quantitative Lexical Profile
quantitative Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity or numerical amount of something rather than its quality.
"The researchers conducted a quantitative analysis of household income levels across the region."
Based on the duration or length of vowel sounds and syllables rather than on stress or pitch (of classical Greek, Latin, or Sanskrit verse).
"Classical Latin poetry relies on quantitative meter rather than the stress-based rhythms of modern English verse."
Word Nuance & Usage
Often contrasted with 'qualitative': 'quantitative' refers to objective properties that can be counted or measured numerically, whereas 'qualitative' refers to descriptive characteristics, qualities, or subjective attributes.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Medieval Latin quantitativus, derived from Latin quantitas ('amount, relative greatness'), from quantus ('how much, how great').