quantitative
/ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/adjective
1- relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality(数)量的; 用数量表示的; 定量的:
quantitative analysis.
定量分析。常与QUALITATIVE相对。
1.1
- denoting or relating to verse whose metre is based on the length of syllables, as in Latin, as opposed to the stress, as in English(诗)由长短步组成的。
派生词
quantitatively
adverb词源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'having magnitude or spatial extent'): from medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitas (see QUANTITY).