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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quantitative  \Quan"ti*ta*tive\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  quantitatif.] 
  Relating  to  quantity.  --  {Quan"ti*ta*tive*ly},  adv 
 
  {Quantitative  analysis}  (Chem.),  analysis  which  determines 
  the  amount  or  quantity  of  each  ingredient  of  a  substance, 
  by  weight  or  by  volume;  --  contrasted  with  qualitative 
  analysis. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Analysis  \A*nal"y*sis\,  n.;  pl  {Analyses}.  [Gr.  ?,  fr  ?  to 
  unloose,  to  dissolve,  to  resolve  into  its  elements;  ?  up  +  ? 
  to  loose.  See  {Loose}.] 
  1.  A  resolution  of  anything  whether  an  object  of  the  senses 
  or  of  the  intellect,  into  its  constituent  or  original 
  elements;  an  examination  of  the  component  parts  of  a 
  subject,  each  separately,  as  the  words  which  compose  a 
  sentence,  the  tones  of  a  tune,  or  the  simple  propositions 
  which  enter  into  an  argument.  It  is  opposed  to 
  {synthesis}. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  The  separation  of  a  compound  substance,  by 
  chemical  processes,  into  its  constituents,  with  a  view  to 
  ascertain  either  a  what  elements  it  contains,  or  b  how 
  much  of  each  element  is  present.  The  former  is  called 
  {qualitative},  and  the  latter  {quantitative  analysis}. 
 
  3.  (Logic)  The  tracing  of  things  to  their  source,  and  the 
  resolving  of  knowledge  into  its  original  principles. 
 
  4.  (Math.)  The  resolving  of  problems  by  reducing  the 
  conditions  that  are  in  them  to  equations. 
 
  5. 
  a  A  syllabus,  or  table  of  the  principal  heads  of  a 
  discourse,  disposed  in  their  natural  order 
  b  A  brief,  methodical  illustration  of  the  principles  of 
  a  science.  In  this  sense  it  is  nearly  synonymous  with 
  synopsis. 
 
  6.  (Nat.  Hist.)  The  process  of  ascertaining  the  name  of  a 
  species,  or  its  place  in  a  system  of  classification,  by 
  means  of  an  analytical  table  or  key. 
 
  {Ultimate},  {Proximate},  {Qualitative},  {Quantitative},  and 
  {Volumetric  analysis}.  (Chem.)  See  under  {Ultimate}, 
  {Proximate},  {Qualitative},  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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:  {syllabic}, 
  {accentual}] 




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