qualitative
/ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv/adjective
1- relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity质的; 性质的; 质量的：
a qualitative change in the undergraduate curriculum.
大学本科生课程质的改变。常与QUANTITATIVE相对。
1.1
- Grammar (of an adjective) describing the quality of something in size, appearance, value, etc. Such adjectives can be submodified by words such as very and have comparative and superlative forms.【语法】（形容词）描述性质的。与CLASSIFYING相对。
派生词
qualitatively
adverb词源
late Middle English: from late Latin qualitativus, from Latin qualitas （see QUALITY）.